HR 469 United States House · 117th Congress

Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2021

Summary
Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2021 This bill provides for Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance coverage of certain tattooing services in connection with post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, and aligns the scope of Medicare and Medicaid coverage of such breast reconstruction with that of private health insurance. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of reconstructive tattooing services that are performed by a health care practitioner or state-licensed tattoo artist pursuant to a physician prescription, and expands Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include all stages of reconstruction, surgery to produce a symmetrical appearance, and prostheses and physical complications of mastectomies (e.g., lymphedemas).
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 25, 2021 Last action Feb 2, 2021
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Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors

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