H R 758 in Congressional Session 110

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : H R 758

 

Title : 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.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/25/2008--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2008 - 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, 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 (prominently in the summary of the plan) to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations (on terms and conditions that are no more restrictive than those applicable to the initial consultations) by specialists in the appropriate medical fields to confirm or refute a diagnosis of cancer; and (3) ensure that coverage is provided for such secondary consultations whether the consultation is based on a positive or negative initial diagnosis.Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) penalizing or otherwise reducing or limiting the reimbursement of a provider or specialist because of care to a participant or beneficiary in accordance with this Act; (2) providing incentives for a physician or specialist to keep the length of inpatient stays below certain limits following a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or a lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer or to limit referrals for secondary consultations; or (3) providing incentives for a physician or specialist to refrain from referring a participant or beneficiary for a secondary consultation that would otherwise be covered.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. Sets forth procedures for notice and independent, external review of any proposed nonrenewal, discontinuation, or rescission of health insurance coverage.

Votes

Title : 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.
Votes in the US Senate
This Bill was not Voted in the US Senate
Votes in the US House
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
6392008-09-25On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008P

Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of H R 758
 
Bill Number : H R 758
Title : 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.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 1/31/2007)      
, ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

    Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 9/5/2007

    Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 6/28/2007

    Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 5/2/2007

    Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 7/27/2007

    Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 3/5/2008

    Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] - 2/6/2007

    Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/26/2007

    Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 6/27/2007

    Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 4/30/2008

    Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 2/7/2008

    Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 4/17/2007

    Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] - 10/15/2007

    Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 7/12/2007

    Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 3/5/2008

    Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 7/11/2007

    Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 1/31/2007

    Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 7/31/2007

    Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] - 5/7/2007

    Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/11/2007

    Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 1/31/2007

    Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 10/3/2007

    Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] - 3/7/2007

    Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 10/15/2007

    Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 5/3/2007

    Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] - 3/22/2007

    Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 3/22/2007

    Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 10/15/2007

    Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 5/17/2007

    Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 10/17/2007

    Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 7/11/2007

    Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 10/22/2007

    Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 9/5/2007

    Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 10/15/2007

    Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 10/15/2007

    Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 6/5/2007

    Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/17/2007

    Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 10/29/2007

    Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 10/10/2007

    Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 4/25/2007

    Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Mack, Connie [FL-14] - 3/7/2007

    Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 10/3/2007

    Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 10/10/2007

    Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 3/1/2007

    Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/1/2007

    Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 6/27/2007

    Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 7/25/2007

    Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 9/25/2007

    Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 10/3/2007

    Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 2/6/2008

    Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 3/7/2007

    Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 10/9/2007

    Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/7/2007

    Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 4/26/2007

    Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 6/27/2007

    Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 10/30/2007

    Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 10/1/2007

    Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 10/29/2007

    Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 10/23/2007

    Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 4/17/2007

    Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 9/15/2008

    Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 7/11/2007

    Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 10/22/2007

    Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 9/8/2008

    Rep Saxton, Jim [NJ-3] - 6/5/2007

    Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 11/14/2007

    Rep Scott, David [GA-13] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 10/16/2007

    Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 9/23/2008

    Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 2/7/2008

    Rep Skelton, Ike [MO-4] - 10/10/2007

    Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 6/11/2007

    Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2] - 6/5/2007

    Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 9/22/2008

    Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 9/26/2007

    Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - 3/5/2008

    Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 5/3/2007

    Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 2/15/2007

    Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] - 10/9/2007

    Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 4/17/2007

    Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 2/8/2007

    Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 2/25/2008

    Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 4/22/2008

    Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 1/31/2007

    Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 1/31/2007

Other Info

Bill Number : H R 758
Title : 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.
 
MAJOR ACTIONS:
 
1/31/2007 Introduced in House
 
9/23/2008 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-868, Part I.
 
9/23/2008 Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
 
9/23/2008 Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
 
9/25/2008 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 639).
 
9/25/2008 Received in the Senate.
 
ALL ACTIONS:
 
1/31/2007: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.
 
1/31/2007:Referred to House Energy and Commerce
 
2/2/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
 
5/21/2008:Subcommittee Hearings Held.
 
9/17/2008:Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
 
9/17/2008:Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
 
1/31/2007:Referred to House Ways and Means
 
2/20/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
 
1/31/2007:Referred to House Education and Labor
 
5/18/2007:Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
 
9/23/2008 7:22pm:Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-868, Part I.
 
9/23/2008 7:23pm:Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
 
9/23/2008 7:23pm:Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
 
9/23/2008 7:24pm:Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 564.
 
9/23/2008 7:25pm:Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
 
9/23/2008 7:25pm:Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8661-8666)
 
9/23/2008 7:25pm:DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 758.
 
9/23/2008 7:43pm:At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
 
9/25/2008 1:44pm:Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9896)
 
9/25/2008 1:53pm:On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 639). (text: CR
 
9/23/2008 H8661-8664)
 
9/25/2008 1:53pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
9/25/2008:Received in the Senate.