Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 5195 (114th)

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2016

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

11 May 2016

Last action

19 September 2016 · Referred

Status

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

Sponsors

Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], David Scott, Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual 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. Such a plan may not: (1) restrict benefits for any medically necessary hospital stay to less than 48 hours for a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or less than 24 hours for a lymph node dissection, or (2) require that a provider obtain authorization from the plan for prescribing any such hospital stay. Such a plan must: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this bill, and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations. Health plans are prohibited from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this bill. Health insurers that provide individual health insurance coverage may discontinue an individual's coverage based on the intentional concealment of material facts regarding a health condition related to a condition for which coverage is being claimed.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 11 May 2016

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 May 2016

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 May 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 11 May 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 13 May 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 17 May 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 19 September 2016

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2016

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2016

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 11 May 2016

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 54 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.