Bill Text: OR HB2015 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mammograms.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2015 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2015-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 1982 House Bill 2015 Sponsored by Representative WHITSETT; Representatives CONGER, ESQUIVEL, KENNEMER, KRIEGER, OLSON, SMITH, SPRENGER, TOMEI, WHISNANT, Senators JOHNSON, KRUSE, WHITSETT SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. If mammogram is inconclusive due to dense breast tissue, requires person who performed mammogram to notify patient of inconclusive results and to advise patient to contact patient's health care provider regarding appropriateness of supplemental testing. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to mammograms. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + (1) A health care facility or a health maintenance organization, as those terms are defined in ORS 442.015, or any person licensed to practice medical imaging under ORS 688.405 to 688.605, must provide written notice, in the form prescribed by the Oregon Health Authority under subsection (2) of this section, to a patient on whom the facility, organization or medical imaging licensee has performed a mammogram if the mammogram was inconclusive because of dense breast tissue. (2) The authority shall prescribe by rule the form and content of the notice provided under subsection (1) of this section. The notice must include but is not limited to all of the following: (a) Information about breast density, based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System established by the American College of Radiology; (b) That the mammogram was inconclusive due to dense breast tissue; (c) That the patient may benefit from supplementary screening or diagnostic testing including a breast ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging of the breast; and (d) That the patient should contact the patient's health care provider to find out whether the health care provider recommends additional testing. + } ----------