Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009
Latest action · Oct 8, 2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a breast cancer treatment quality performance system to: (1) assess and disclose publicly, through the use of quality measures, the quality of care provided for the treatment of breast cancer by specified health care providers; and (2) base payment to such providers for such treatment on their performance with respect to such measures.
Requires reduced payments to providers that either do not submit data in accordance with the reporting process in the system, or furnish low quality care for treatment of breast cancer.
Cosponsors 63
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2009 to May 18, 2010; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 14, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Oct 6, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Oct 6, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Oct 14, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Oct 14, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 21, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 23, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 23, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Oct 28, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Oct 28, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Oct 28, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Nov 2, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 2, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Dec 1, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Dec 1, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Dec 1, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 18, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 6, 2009 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 6, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 7, 2009Hearings Oct 8, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2009Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 6, 2009Introduced in House
- May 6, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- May 6, 2009Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-69 | H.R. 1740, THE BREAST CANCER EDUCATION AND AWARENESS REQUIRES LEARNING YOUNG ACT OF 2009; H.R. 1691, THE BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 2009; H.R. 2279, THE ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT ACT OF 2009; AND H.R. 995, THE MAMMOGRAM AND MRI AVAILABILITY ACT OF 2009172 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 7, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3318 | Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2010 | Related bill | May 5, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2009Introduced in House
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