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21 maj 2015 · Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery about the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients ...
The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act will inform women of their right to breast reconstruction under federal law and provide women with information about when breast reconstruction or prostheses may be appropriate within their recovery plan.
18 gru 2015 · The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) today praised Congress for enacting ASPS’s top legislative priority, the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act (BCPEA), as part of the omnibus spending legislation.
18 paź 2024 · To amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.
7 maj 2014 · The "Breast Cancer Patient Education Act" requires the secretary of Health and Human Services to plan and implement an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients of the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses and other options.
ASPS’s chief legislative priority, the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act, was signed into law by President Obama in December 2015. This law will ensure that women are informed of their reconstructive options prior to mastectomy as guaranteed under the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998. The law requires health plans that cover ...
The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to plan and implement an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients about the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction and other available alternatives post-mastectomy.
