US HB1691 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 219-38)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-08 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-08 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection, insofar as the attending physician, in consultation with the patient, determines such stay to be medically necessary; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or issuer for prescribing any such length of stay. Requires such a plan or issuer to: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations. Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act. Applies such requirements to health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual market. Allows a health insurance issuer that provides individual health insurance coverage to nonrenew or discontinue an individual's coverage based on the intentional concealment of material facts regarding a health condition related to the condition for which coverage is being claimed.
Title
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-08 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | |
| 2009-05-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | |
| 2009-03-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | |
| 2009-03-24 | Referred to House Education and Labor | |
| 2009-03-24 | Referred to House Ways and Means | |
| 2009-03-24 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce | |
| 2009-03-24 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | |
| 2009-03-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3759-3760) |
Same As/Similar To
SB688 (Related) 2009-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1691/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1691/BILLS-111hr1691ih.pdf |
