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H.R. 1691 (111th)

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009

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Introduced

24 March 2009

Last action

8 October 2009 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9], Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]

Subjects

Healthcare

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23 March 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. 24 March 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to House Energy and Commerce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 24 March 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 24 March 2009

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3759-3760)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 24 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 24 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 25 March 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 14 May 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: Committee

  8. 8 October 2009

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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