Congress 108 - HR 1886 - Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2003

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Breast cancer Commerce Consumer education Employee health benefits Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health Health insurance Hospital care Labor and Employment Mastectomy Rebates Standards State laws Surgery Women Women's health

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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage, with regard to hospital stays in connection with breast cancer treatment, from: (1) covering less than 48 hours after mastectomies or less than 24 hours after lymph node dissections; or (2) requiring plan or issuer authorization for prescribing any length of stay. Prohibits: (1) denying eligibility, enrollment, or renewal to avoid these requirements; (2) providing payments or rebates to women; or (3) penalizing or providing incentives to providers. Applies the same requirements to issuers in the individual market.

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May 19, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 9, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Apr 30, 2003

Introduced in House

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