Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2017
Latest action · Jul 20, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2017
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan 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. Such a plan may not: (1) restrict benefits for any medically necessary hospital stay to less than 48 hours for a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or less than 24 hours for a lymph node dissection, or (2) require that a provider obtain authorization from the plan for prescribing any such hospital stay.
Such a plan must: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this bill, and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations.
Health plans are prohibited from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this bill.
Health insurers that provide individual health insurance coverage may discontinue an individual's coverage based on the intentional concealment of material facts regarding a health condition related to a condition for which coverage is being claimed.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2017 to Sep 25, 2018; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Dec 7, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 25, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2017Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 123, July 20, 2017, page H6146.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5195 | Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Sep 19, 2016 |
Titles 2
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 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
