3.0.0 1192 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z Senate S 2015-05-05 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-05T19:03:11Z Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 114 2540 HR 2015-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-05-05 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 2015-05-05 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-05-05 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-05-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-05-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-05-05 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2015-05-05 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-05-05 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-10-28 False Health Cancer Congressional oversight Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Minority health Rural conditions and development Surgery and anesthesia Women's health Health 00 2015-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-21T13:30:45Z Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery about the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

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Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 Display Title Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 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, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, 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 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1192is/xml/BILLS-114s1192is.xml 2015-05-05 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.