Bill Text: NY A05510 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to information concerning dense breasts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-8)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-04 - signed chap.402 [A05510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05510-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5510
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of health to provide in
         publication information concerning breast density
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. As the health concerns  that  dense  breasts  increase  the
    2  likelihood  that  breast  cancer  will  be  missed  by mammography, thus
    3  affecting the health of an individual, the commissioner of health, shall
    4  provide and publish, in electronic or other format, educational  materi-
    5  als  to physicians who refer patients for mammography, regarding screen-
    6  ing, assessment, and diagnosis of dense breasts. Such educational  mate-
    7  rials  may  include,  but shall not be limited to, information regarding
    8  screening, screening  techniques,  the  challenges  of  screening  dense
    9  breasts,  how  dense  breasts  affect  one's health, a referral list for
   10  supplemental screening, a list of educational websites  regarding  dense
   11  breasts, and literature regarding risk factors. Such educational materi-
   12  als  shall  be made available to health care providers through the offi-
   13  cial website of the department of health and by any other  means  deemed
   14  appropriate by the commissioner of health.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08822-02-5