3.0.0 3687 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z Senate S 2018-11-29 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-11-29T19:38:43Z Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act 115 6980 HR 2018-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2018-11-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N Health Health 00 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-24T15:02:41Z Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following the surgical removal of the breast (i.e., a mastectomy), including replacements of such prostheses. Currently, Medicare covers surgically implanted breast prostheses, as well as some external breast prostheses (e.g., post-surgical bras).

]]> Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act Display Title Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act Introduced in Senate 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3687is/xml/BILLS-115s3687is.xml 2018-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.