HR 758 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008

Introduced Jan 31, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 Received in the Senate.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 31, 2007
  2. Passed HouseSep 25, 2008
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2008 - 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 or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage 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 or issuer 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 (prominently in the summary of the plan) to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations (on terms and conditions that are no more restrictive than those applicable to the initial consultations) by specialists in the appropriate medical fields to confirm or refute a diagnosis of cancer; and (3) ensure that coverage is provided for such secondary consultations whether the consultation is based on a positive or negative initial diagnosis.

Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) penalizing or otherwise reducing or limiting the reimbursement of a provider or specialist because of care to a participant or beneficiary in accordance with this Act; (2) providing incentives for a physician or specialist to keep the length of inpatient stays below certain limits following a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or a lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer or to limit referrals for secondary consultations; or (3) providing incentives for a physician or specialist to refrain from referring a participant or beneficiary for a secondary consultation that would otherwise be covered.

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. Sets forth procedures for notice and independent, external review of any proposed nonrenewal, discontinuation, or rescission of health insurance coverage.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 639Passed421–2Sep 25, 2008

Cosponsors 223

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008; 127 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MIBart StupakOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-KYBen ChandlerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-PAChristopher P. CarneyOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-VAFrank R. WolfOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TNJim CooperOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-VAJo Ann DavisOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-NYJohn M. McHughOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-SCJohn M. Spratt, Jr.OriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ARMarion BerryOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-COMark UdallOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ARMike RossOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalJan 31, 2007
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-VARick BoucherOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WARick LarsenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WIRon KindOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NJRush HoltOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CASam FarrOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-PATim HoldenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-OHTim RyanOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJan 31, 2007
D-KSNancy E. BoydaFeb 6, 2007
D-NCMelvin L. WattFeb 8, 2007
D-MDChris Van HollenFeb 15, 2007
D-LACharlie MelanconMar 1, 2007
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Mar 7, 2007
D-NCBob EtheridgeMar 7, 2007
R-FLConnie MackMar 7, 2007
D-MNJames L. OberstarMar 7, 2007
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenMar 22, 2007
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestMar 22, 2007
D-CALois CappsMar 26, 2007
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenApr 17, 2007
D-OHMarcy KapturApr 17, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenApr 17, 2007
R-TNZach WampApr 17, 2007
D-IADavid LoebsackApr 25, 2007
D-AZEd PastorApr 26, 2007
D-MEMichael H. MichaudMay 1, 2007
D-PAJason AltmireMay 2, 2007
R-MIFred UptonMay 3, 2007
R-PRLuis G. FortunoMay 3, 2007
D-TXChet EdwardsMay 7, 2007
D-TNBart GordonMay 17, 2007
R-NJJim SaxtonJun 5, 2007
D-WISteve KagenJun 5, 2007
D-ARVic SnyderJun 5, 2007
D-WAAdam SmithJun 11, 2007
D-MNKeith EllisonJun 11, 2007
D-MNCollin C. PetersonJun 27, 2007
D-CADennis A. CardozaJun 27, 2007
D-WIGwen MooreJun 27, 2007
R-LARodney AlexanderJun 28, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsJul 11, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJul 11, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJul 11, 2007
D-CTJoe CourtneyJul 12, 2007
R-KSJerry MoranJul 25, 2007
D-GAJohn BarrowJul 27, 2007
D-MABill DelahuntJul 31, 2007
R-CADarrell IssaSep 5, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieSep 5, 2007
D-CTChristopher MurphySep 25, 2007
D-OHZachary T. SpaceSep 26, 2007
D-NYCharles B. RangelOct 1, 2007
D-OKDan BorenOct 1, 2007
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOct 1, 2007
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOct 1, 2007
D-RIJames R. LangevinOct 1, 2007
D-NYJerrold NadlerOct 1, 2007
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOct 3, 2007
R-PAPhil EnglishOct 3, 2007
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOct 3, 2007
R-NYJames T. WalshOct 9, 2007
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOct 9, 2007
D-FLAllen BoydOct 10, 2007
D-WABrian BairdOct 10, 2007
R-KYGeoff DavisOct 10, 2007
D-MOIke SkeltonOct 10, 2007
D-CAJerry McNerneyOct 10, 2007
D-COJohn T. SalazarOct 10, 2007
D-PARobert A. BradyOct 10, 2007
R-KYRon LewisOct 10, 2007
D-CATom LantosOct 10, 2007
D-CABob FilnerOct 15, 2007
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOct 15, 2007
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOct 15, 2007
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.Oct 15, 2007
R-NCWalter B. JonesOct 15, 2007
D-PAJoe SestakOct 16, 2007
D-ILPhil HareOct 17, 2007
D-ILBobby L. RushOct 22, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaOct 22, 2007
R-MIMike RogersOct 23, 2007
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOct 29, 2007
R-IATom LathamOct 29, 2007
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOct 30, 2007
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzNov 14, 2007
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickFeb 6, 2008
D-NJAlbio SiresFeb 7, 2008
D-FLKathy CastorFeb 7, 2008
D-OHBetty SuttonFeb 25, 2008
D-CADiane E. WatsonFeb 25, 2008
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldFeb 25, 2008
D-VTPeter WelchFeb 25, 2008
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinFeb 25, 2008
D-CAXavier BecerraFeb 25, 2008
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeFeb 25, 2008
D-TXHenry CuellarMar 5, 2008
D-ILMelissa L. BeanMar 5, 2008
D-MANiki TsongasMar 5, 2008
R-VARobert J. WittmanApr 22, 2008
D-INAndré CarsonApr 30, 2008
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesSep 8, 2008
R-ILPeter J. RoskamSep 15, 2008
R-INMark E. SouderSep 22, 2008
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterSep 23, 2008

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jan 31, 2007Markup Sep 17, 2008Reported Sep 23, 2008
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 2, 2007Hearings May 21, 2008
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jan 31, 2007Discharged Sep 23, 2008
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 20, 2007
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 31, 2007Discharged Sep 23, 2008
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred May 18, 2007

Actions 20

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9896)
  2. Sep 25, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 639). (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8661-8664)
  3. Sep 25, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Sep 25, 2008Received in the Senate.
  5. Sep 23, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-868, Part I.
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In the Congressional Record 6

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2176, E2183Bob Etheridge D-NC, Robert E. Andrews D-NJSep 30, 2008
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2118John D. Dingell D-MISep 28, 2008
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2021Rush Holt D-NJSep 26, 2008
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1980Recorded votes H9896enactJanice D. Schakowsky D-ILSep 25, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H8661–H8666Text printed H8661–H8664Chris Van Hollen D-MD, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Joe Barton R-TX, John B. Larson D-CT, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY, Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXSep 23, 2008
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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Sep 22, 2008H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Protection Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>
  2. Sep 22, 2008H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Protection Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 110-121H.R. 1157, BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACT OF 2007 AND H.R. 758, BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 2007107 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeMay 21, 2008

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 119Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007Related billMay 9, 2007
S 459Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007Identical billJan 31, 2007

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Short Titles as Introduced
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007
Short Titles as Passed House
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2008Engrossed in House
  2. Sep 25, 2008Received in Senate
  3. Sep 23, 2008Reported in House
  4. Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House

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