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

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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. + }
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