; or (ii) restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection with a lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer to less than 24 hours; or (B) require that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or the issuer for prescribing any length of stay required under this paragraph. (2) Exception Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the provision of inpatient coverage if the attending physician, in consultation with the patient, determines that either a shorter period of hospital stay, or outpatient treatment, is medically appropriate. (b) Prohibition on certain modifications In implementing the requirements of this section, a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group or individual health insurance coverage, may not modify the terms and conditions of coverage based on the determination by a participant or beneficiary to request less than the minimum coverage required under subsection (a). (c) Notice A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group or individual health insurance coverage, shall provide notice to each participant and beneficiary under such plan or coverage regarding the coverage required by this section in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Such notice shall be in writing and prominently positioned in the summary of the plan or coverage made available or distributed by the plan or issuer and shall be transmitted— (1) in the next mailing made by the plan or issuer to the participant or beneficiary