Bill Text: DE HB313 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Mammograms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-02 - Signed by Governor [HB313 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2023-HB313-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Neal & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Pinkney |
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Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Heffernan, Morrison, Parker Selby, Wilson-Anton; Sens. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Mantzavinos, Sokola, Townsend |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 313
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 6536, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 6536. Medical care.
(f) The Department shall ensure that all female inmates in a Department of Correction facility, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The decision as to whether an inmate receives a mammogram annually or biennially shall be made by the inmate and her health-care practitioner and shall be based on the inmate’s individual risk factors for developing breast cancer.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law.
SYNOPSIS
This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
