3.0.0 3628 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z Senate S S 2012-11-14 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-11-14T20:09:54Z Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 112 5937 HR 2012-06-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2012-11-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-11-14 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2012-11-14 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-12-04 False Health Cancer Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Surgery and anesthesia Women's health Health 00 2012-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-16T18:30:10Z Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.

Requires such campaign to include dissemination of the following information: (1) breast reconstruction is possible at the time of breast cancer surgery or in a delayed fashion; (2) prostheses or breast forms may be available; (3) federal law mandates that both public and private health plans include coverage of breast reconstruction and prostheses; (4) the patient has a right to choose the provider of reconstructive care, including the potential transfer of care to a surgeon that provides breast reconstructive care; and (5) the patient may opt to undergo breast reconstruction in a delayed fashion for personal reasons or after completion of all other breast cancer treatments.

Prohibits such campaign from specifying, or being designed to serve as a tool to limit, the health care providers available to patients.

]]> Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 Display Title Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3628is/xml/BILLS-112s3628is.xml 2012-11-14 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.