Key Votes
S Amdt 1241 - Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Edward Kennedy, Sr. voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 1344 - Patient Bill of Rights bill
- S Amdt 1241 - Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment
- S Amdt 1250 - Patient Lawsuit Amendment
- SB 47 - Gambling Expansion
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (55-45) - July 14, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment
Vote to adopt an amendment that expands health care services for cancer patients.
- 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.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - July 14, 1999
Title: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment
Sponsors
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Edmond Spencer Abraham (MI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Susan M. Collins (ME - R)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - R)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter G. Fitzgerald (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - ) (Out Of Office)
