US Congress Senate Bill 931 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on May 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Requires such campaign to include dissemination of the following information: (1) breast reconstruction is possible at the time of breast cancer surgery or at a later time; (2) prostheses or breast forms may be available; (3) federal law mandates that both public and private health plans include coverage of breast reconstruction and prostheses; (4) the patient has a right to choose the provider of reconstructive care, including the potential transfer of care to a surgeon that provides breast reconstructive care; and (5) the patient may opt to undergo breast reconstruction at a time after surgery for personal or medical reasons during treatment or after completion of all other breast cancer treatments. Requires the information required to be disseminated by this Act to be be posted on the Internet websites of relevant federal agencies, including the Office of Women's Health, the Office of Minority Health, and the Office of Rural Health Policy. Prohibits such campaign from specifying, or being designed to serve as a tool to limit, the health care providers available to patients. Requires biennial reports to Congress describing and evaluating the activities carried out under this Act.

Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013

Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1984 (Same As) 2013-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/931/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s931/BILLS-113s931is.pdf