US Congress House Bill 469

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-01-25 - 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.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides for Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance coverage of certain tattooing services in connection with post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, and aligns the scope of Medicare and Medicaid coverage of such breast reconstruction with that of private health insurance. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of reconstructive tattooing services that are performed by a health care practitioner or state-licensed tattoo artist pursuant to a physician prescription, and expands Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include all stages of reconstruction, surgery to produce a symmetrical appearance, and prostheses and physical complications of mastectomies (e.g., lymphedemas).

Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2021

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-25	House	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.
2021-01-25	House	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.
2021-01-25	House	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.
2021-01-25	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E66-67)
2021-01-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/469/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr469/BILLS-117hr469ih.pdf