Assembly Actions -
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Mar 26, 2012 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Mar 19, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S6760
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง2404-c, Pub Health L
2011-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6760 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the duty of mammography services to notify patients in certain circumstances PURPOSE: This bill requires specific written notification to the patient and the patient's physician of a finding of dense breast tissue in a mammography screening and the need to consult with the physician about additional screening. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends the public health law by adding a new section 2404-c which requires the commissioner to develop a written notification informing patients who have dense tissue: that their mammography found dense tissue, that they have dense tissue, that dense tissue may reduce the sensitivity of mammography screening and interfere with the detection of abnormalities, that their physician has been notified, and that they should consult with their physician about further screening options. The notification will be included with the federally required mammography report sent to the patient and patient's physician. Section two sets forth the effective date on the ninetieth day after
2011-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6760 I N S E N A T E March 19, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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
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