[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 616--A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a
minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissection
for the treatment of breast cancer, coverage for reconstructive
surgery following mastectomies, and coverage for secondary
consultations; to the Committees on Commerce; Ways and Means;
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
By Ms. MOLINARI (for herself, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Flake, Mr.
Ackerman, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr.
Saxton, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Fox of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Frost, Mr.
English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wolf, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Roukema, Mr.
Forbes, Mr. Adam Smith of Washington, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms.
Slaughter, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Filner, Mr. Horn, Mr. Davis of Virginia,
Mr. Martinez, Mr. Weller, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr.
Gilman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Foley, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gibbons,
Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Olver, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. LaFalce, and Mr.
Bilbray), H347 [5FE]
Cosponsors added, H629 [25FE], H804 [6MR], H950 [12MR], H1988
[29AP], H2590 [13MY], H3274 [3JN], H4836 [26JN], H4913 [8JY], H9502
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