3.0.0 1684 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z Senate S S 2003-09-30 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-09-30T18:39:26Z 108 1886 HR 2003-05-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate 2003-09-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-09-30 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-09-30 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2003-10-14 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-10-16 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-10-24 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-10-24 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-10-24 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2003-10-24 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2004-03-25 False D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-06-22 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2004-09-15 False Health Breast cancer Commerce Consumer education Employee health benefits Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Hospital care Labor and Employment Mastectomy Rebates Standards State laws Surgery Women Women's health Health

00 2003-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-14T16:34:02Z Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage, with regard to hospital stays in connection with breast cancer treatment, from: (1) covering less than 48 hours after mastectomies or less than 24 hours after lymph node dissections; or (2) requiring plan or issuer authorization for prescribing any length of stay. Prohibits: (1) denying eligibility, enrollment, or renewal to avoid these requirements; (2) providing payments or rebates to women; or (3) penalizing or providing incentives to providers. Applies the same requirements to issuers in the individual market.

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