US Congress House Bill 1531 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-3)
Status: Introduced on April 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual 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 for prescribing any such length of stay. Requires such a plan 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 health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act. 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.

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-12	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-04-12	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-12	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-04-12	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1531/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1531/BILLS-113hr1531ih.pdf