1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to the National Cancer Institute, excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. (2) According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 40,610 women and 460 men will die from breast cancer in 2017. (3) According to the National Cancer Institute, in 2017 an estimated 252,710 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women and an estimated 2,470 cases will be diagnosed in men. (4) According to the American Cancer Society, most breast cancer patients undergo some type of surgical treatment, which may involve lumpectomy or mastectomy with removal of some of the axillary lymph nodes. (5) The offering and operation of health plans affect commerce among the States. (6) Health care providers located in a State serve patients who reside in the State and patients who reside in other States. (7) In order to provide for uniform treatment of health care providers and patients among the States, it is necessary to cover health plans operating in one State as well as health plans operating among the several States. (8) Research has indicated that treatment for breast cancer varies according to type of insurance coverage and State of residence. (9) Breast cancer patients have reported adverse outcomes, including infection and inadequately controlled pain, resulting from premature hospital discharge following breast cancer surgery. 3. Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (a) In general Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 716. Required coverage for minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissections for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (a) Inpatient care (1) In general A group health plan, and a