Bill Summary for S 519 (2013-2014)

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Mar 28 2013

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
Senate Bill 519 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 28, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT PERFORM MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATIONS TO NOTIFY EACH PATIENT WITH DENSE BREAST TISSUE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BREAST DENSITY LEVELS IN THE SUMMARY OF THE WRITTEN MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION REPORT PROVIDED TO THE PATIENT.
Intro. by Robinson, Wade, Barringer.

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Enacts new GS 130A-215.5 to require health care facilities that perform mammography exams to include a specified notice in the summary of the written exam report if the patient has heterogeneously or extremely dense breasts. Specifies that the statute does not create or impose liability on a health care facility for failing to comply with the requirements before October 1, 2013, create a duty of care or other legal obligation beyond the duty to provide the notice, and require that a notice that is inconsistent with specified provisions of the Mammography Quality Standards Act or regulations adopted pursuant to that act. Amends GS 130A-211 to make a technical change by no longer providing immunity to individuals making a report under GS 130A-210 (which has been repealed) to the central cancer registry. Effective October 1, 2013.