A bill 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
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Hospital utilization; Length of stay; Finance; Law and legislation; Health insurance; Breast; Cancer; Insurance; Treatment; Mastectomy; Lumpectomy; Lymph nodes; Dissection; Medical consultation
Other titles: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008.; 110th Congress, 2d Session, Union Calendar No. 564, H.R. 758 [Report No. 110-868, Part 1] in the House of Representatives.; 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.
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Introduced January 31, 2007; referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor; September 23, 2008, reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment, and discharged by Committee on Ways and Means and Committee on Education and Labor.