Bill Summary for H 467 (2013-2014)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT PERFORM MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATIONS TO COMMUNICATE MAMMOGRAPHIC BREAST DENSITY INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO A STATUTE INVOLVING THE CANCER REGISTRY.Intro. by Faircloth.
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Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Makes organizational changes to GS 130A-215.5, replacing subdivisions (1) and (2) with subsections (a) and (b). Deletes directive that all health care facilities must provide all patients who receive diagnostic or screening mammograms with informative material about breast density; instead, provides that patients who receive diagnostic or screening mammograms may bedirected to informative materialabout breast density. Requires that the mammography report summary include notice to the patient that states, "Your mammogram indicates that you may have dense breast tissue." (was, "Your mammogram indicates that you have dense breast tissue"). Also requires that the notice inform the patient that (1) dense breast tissue is found in more than 40% of womenand (2) a report of the patient's results has been sent to the patient's doctor. Deletes requirement that the Medical Care Commission must adopt rules requiring adherence to GS 130A-215.5 as a condition of receiving state certification for all facilities performing mammograms. Changes the effective date of this act to January 1, 2014 (was, October 1, 2013).