H.R. 1531
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsor
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 1,531
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Apr 12, 2013
- Policy Area
- Health
- Is Law
- No
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: House committee actions
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.
Source: House floor actions
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.
Source: House floor actions
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.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
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.
Education and the Workforce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced in House
Apr 12, 2013