HR8128-118

Introduced

To require health insurance coverage for scalp cooling items.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 26, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require health insurance coverage for scalp cooling items., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H3A4307EEF6BC4D7F8AB3A98102DA2004: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Scalp Cooling Therapy Act of 2024.
  • Section H8E8C71F11C004B88AE5F34DF069E0169: 2. Requiring coverage for scalp cooling items under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage, specified federal health care...
  • Section HB48A0FE11229424198874263ED187121: 2730. Required coverage of scalp cooling items With respect to a plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a group health plan and a health insurance...
  • Section HF6B1A269647B4B5ABD838AFE0C45DDE9: 726. Required coverage of scalp cooling items With respect to a plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a group health plan and a health insurance...
  • Section HD43813F181BC43A6A3B0063ED3BB14A4: 9826. Required coverage of scalp cooling items With respect to a plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a group health plan and a health insurance...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require health insurance coverage for scalp cooling items., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require health insurance coverage for scalp cooling items., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 26, 2024

Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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