3.0.0 688 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z Senate S S 2009-03-24 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-24T22:16:30Z Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 111 1691 HR 2009-10-08 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2009-03-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-03-24 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-24 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-03-24 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-03-24 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-24 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-03-24 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-24 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-03-24 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-03-24 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-03-24 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-03-24 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-05-20 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-05-20 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-05-20 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2009-06-09 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-09-29 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-09-29 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-03-03 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-05-06 False Health Cancer Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Hospital care Surgery and anesthesia Women's health Health 00 2009-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-11T20:03:41Z 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.

]]> Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s688is/xml/BILLS-111s688is.xml 2009-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.