Sen. John G. Mulroe
Filed: 3/25/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1506 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1506 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 1. Short title; references to Act. 
5    (a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Dense Breast 
6Tissue Act.
7    (b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the 
8Patti Beyer Act of Illinois.
 
9    Section 5. Applicability.  This Act applies to a facility 
10that provides mammography services in the State of Illinois.
 
11    Section 10. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography 
12services to notify and inform. 
13    (a) As used in this Section, "dense breast tissue" means 
14heterogeneously dense or extremely dense tissue as defined in 
15nationally recognized guidelines or systems for breast imaging 
 
 
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1reporting of mammography screening, including, but not limited 
2to, the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System of the 
3American College of Radiology, and any equivalent new terms, as 
4such guidelines or systems are updated.
5    (b) If a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast 
6tissue, the provider of mammography services shall provide 
7notification to the patient in the summary of the mammography 
8report sent to the patient pursuant to the federal Mammography 
9Quality Standards Act that shall include, but not be limited 
10to, the following information:
11    "Your mammogram shows that your breast tissue is dense. 
12Dense breast tissue is very common and is not abnormal. 
13However, dense breast tissue can make it harder to find cancer 
14on a mammogram and may also be associated with an increased 
15risk of breast cancer.
16    This information about the result of your mammogram is 
17given to you to raise your awareness. Use this information to 
18talk to your doctor about your own risks for breast cancer. At 
19that time, ask your doctor if more screening tests might be 
20useful, based on your risk. A report of your results was sent 
21to your physician.".
  
 
22    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-697 rep.)
23    Section 90. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
24Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
25amended by repealing Section 2310-697.".