US Congress House Bill 1691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 219-38)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-08 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2009 - 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 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 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 to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations. Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act. 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.

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]
Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Baird [D-WA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. John Boccieri [D-OH]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]
Rep. Allen Boyd [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]
Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Etheridge [D-NC]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D-PA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]
Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. John Murtha [D-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]
Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Ike Skelton [D-MO]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Vic Snyder [D-AR]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. John Spratt [D-SC]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-08		Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2009-05-14		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2009-03-25		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-03-24		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-03-24		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-24		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-24		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
2009-03-24		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3759-3760)

SB688 (Related) 2009-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1691/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1691/BILLS-111hr1691ih.pdf