S Amdt 1241 - Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment - National Key Vote
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- Senate Amendment Adopted
- July 14, 1999
- Introduced
- July 14, 1999
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Title: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment that expands health care services for cancer patients.
Highlights:
- Allows patients, in accordance with their physician, to determine in their health care plan a period of time necessary for a hospital stay following a mastectomy, lumpectomy or lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer.
- Requires insurers to provide coverage for a patient seeking a second opinion from a specialist on a cancer diagnosis.
Title: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment
- Edmond Spencer Abraham (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Susan Margaret Collins (ME - R)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - R)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter G. Fitzgerald (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - R) (Out Of Office)