Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 31, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - 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; 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 full coverage is provided for secondary consultations by specialists in the appropriate medical fields to confirm or refute a diagnosis of cancer.
Applies such requirements to health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual market.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Sep 26, 2008; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Sep 26, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 119 | Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 9, 2007 |
| HR 758 | Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Sep 25, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Breast cancer
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Conflict of interests
- Consumer education
- Discrimination in insurance
- Discrimination in medical care
- Employee health benefits
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Health
- Health insurance
- Hospital care
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Mastectomy
- Medical ethics
- Medical fees
- Patients' rights
- Physicians
- Radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
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