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H.R. 671 (100th)

Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act

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Introduced

21 January 1987

Last action

29 January 1987 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20], Rep. Savage, Gus [D-IL-2], Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2], Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1], Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17], Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17], Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Robinson, Tommy F. [D-AR-2], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29], Rep. McMillan, J. Alex [R-NC-9], Rep. Gallo, Dean A. [R-NJ-11], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Byron, Beverly B. [D-MD-6], Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act - Requires any State receiving funds under titles V (Maternal and Child Health Block Grant) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under the preventive health service provisions of the Public Health Service Act to require any physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine in such State to inform any breast cancer patient of alternative methods of treatment for breast cancer before such treatment is begun. Requires that the patients be informed by means of: (1) a standardized written summary in layman's language and in a language understood by the patient of alternative methods of treatment; and (2) an explanation of the treatment options described in such written summary together with the risks associated with each procedure relative to each patient's particular medical circumstances.

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Timeline

  1. 21 January 1987

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 January 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 January 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 29 January 1987

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Source: Committee

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