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
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 25, 2021
Last action Feb 2, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
3
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
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alcee L. Hastings
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Gregory W. Meeks
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
Co
Jenniffer González-Colón
RRepublican
Co
Mary Gay Scanlon
DDemocratic
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