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H.R. 1531: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

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H.R. 1531: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

Plain summary

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2013 - 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. 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 for prescribing any such length of stay. Requires such a plan 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 health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act. 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.

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Official text

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 83 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), James A. Himes (D-CT), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John B. Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) and 23 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1531 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113