S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9637
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 22, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the duty of
mammography services to notify patients in certain circumstances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2404-c to read as follows:
S 2404-C. BREAST CANCER; DUTY OF PROVIDERS OF MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES TO
NOTIFY AND INFORM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A STANDARD WRITTEN
NOTIFICATION IN PLAIN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE FOR PATIENTS, WHO RECEIVED
MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE PATIENT HAS HETEROGENEOUSLY OR
EXTREMELY DENSE BREAST TISSUE BASED ON THE BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND
DATA SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, WHICH
SHALL EXPLAIN THAT:
(A) THE PATIENT'S MAMMOGRAPHY RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PATIENT HAS
DENSE BREAST TISSUE WHICH MAY REDUCE THE SENSITIVITY OF MAMMOGRAPHY
SCREENING AND INTERFERE WITH THE DETECTION OF ABNORMALITIES;
(B) THE NOTIFICATION HAS ALSO BEEN SENT TO THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN;
AND
(C) THE NOTIFICATION IS PROVIDED TO ENCOURAGE THE PATIENT TO DISCUSS
WITH THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN THE OPTION OF ADDITIONAL METHODS OF SCREEN-
ING FOR BREAST CANCER DEPENDING ON THE PATIENT'S RISK FACTORS.
2. EVERY PROVIDER OF MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES SHALL, IF A PATIENT HAS
HETEROGENEOUSLY DENSE OR EXTREMELY DENSE BREAST TISSUE, INCLUDE SUCH
NOTIFICATION IN ANY MAMMOGRAPHY REPORT SENT, PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL
MAMMOGRAPHY QUALITY STANDARDS ACT, TO THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S
PHYSICIAN.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15073-01-2