Bill Text: OR SB420 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Oregon Senate Bill 420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to women's health.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-21 - Effective date, January 1, 2014. [SB420 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB420-Engrossed.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
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LC 959

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 420
                 Ordered by the Senate March 26
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 26

Sponsored by Senators DINGFELDER, STEINER HAYWARD, KNOPP,
  Representative TOMEI; Senator ROSENBAUM (Presession filed.)

                             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.

  If mammogram shows dense breast tissue, requires   { - person
who - }  { +  facility that + } performed mammogram to notify
patient of results and possible increased risk of breast cancer
and to advise patient to contact patient's health care provider
regarding appropriateness of supplemental testing.
    { - Requires health benefit plan to reimburse costs of breast
ultrasound required because mammogram shows dense breast
tissue. - }
    { - Prohibits cost-sharing for mammograms and breast
ultrasounds meeting specified criteria. - }
    { - Declares emergency, effective on passage. - }
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to women's health.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) A facility, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 263b,
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 has performed a mammogram if the
mammogram shows the patient has 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) An explanation that dense breast tissue can make it harder
to find cancer on a mammogram and that dense breast tissue may
also be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer;
  (c) That the patient may benefit from supplementary screening
or diagnostic testing including a breast ultrasound; and
  (d) That the patient should contact the patient's health care
provider to find out whether the health care provider recommends
additional testing.
  (3) The authority shall adopt by rule a definition of 'dense
breast tissue' and shall amend the definition whenever necessary

to ensure that the definition is consistent with current medical
evidence. + }
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