Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 2728 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–28 ), as redesignated by section 1001(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), the following: 2729. 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 health insurance issuer providing group or individual health insurance coverage, that provides medical and surgical benefits shall ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy is provided for breast cancer treatment. Such plan or coverage may not— (A) insofar as the attending physician, in consultation with the patient, determines it to be medically necessary— (i) restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery (such as a lumpectomy) for the treatment of breast cancer to less than 48 hours