HB0147ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Health Care Availability and Access Committee

Filed: 2/28/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 147

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 147 by replacing lines 4 through 23 on page 1 and lines 1 through 16 on page 2 with the following:

"Section 2. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2310-345 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-345) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.49)

Sec. 2310-345. Breast cancer; written summary regarding early detection and treatment.

(a) From funds made available for this purpose, the Department shall publish, in layman's language, a standardized written summary outlining methods for the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. The summary shall include recommended guidelines for screening and detection of breast cancer through the use of techniques that shall include but not be limited to self-examination and diagnostic radiology.

(b) The summary shall also suggest that women seek mammography services from facilities that are certified to perform mammography as required by the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992.

(c) The summary shall also include the medically viable alternative methods for the treatment of breast cancer, including, but not limited to, hormonal, radiological, chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments or combinations thereof. The summary shall contain information on breast reconstructive surgery, including, but not limited to, the use of breast implants and their side effects. The summary shall inform the patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and dangers of the various procedures. The summary shall include (i) a statement that mammography is the most accurate method for making an early detection of breast cancer, however, no diagnostic tool is 100% effective and (ii) instructions for instructions for performing breast self-examination and a statement that it is important to perform a breast self-examination monthly.

(c-5) The summary shall specifically address the benefits of early detection and regular comprehensive clinical breast examinations as well as the mandate that health and government benefit payers pay for the breast examinations.

(d) In developing the summary, the Department shall consult with the Advisory Board of Cancer Control, the Illinois State Medical Society and consumer groups. The summary shall be updated by the Department every 2 years.

(e) The summaries shall additionally be translated into Spanish, and the Department shall conduct a public information campaign to distribute the summaries to the Hispanic women of this State in order to inform them of the importance of early detection and mammograms.

(f) The Department shall distribute the summary to hospitals, public health centers, and physicians who are likely to perform or order diagnostic tests for breast disease or treat breast cancer by surgical or other medical methods. Those hospitals, public health centers, and physicians shall make the summaries available to the public. The Department shall also distribute the summaries to any person, organization, or other interested parties upon request. The summaries may be duplicated by any person, provided the copies are identical to the current summary prepared by the Department.

(g) The summary shall display, on the inside of its cover, printed in capital letters, in bold face type, the following paragraph:

"The information contained in this brochure regarding recommendations for early detection and diagnosis of breast disease and alternative breast disease treatments is only for the purpose of assisting you, the patient, in understanding the medical information and advice offered by your physician. This brochure cannot serve as a substitute for the sound professional advice of your physician. The availability of this brochure or the information contained within is not intended to alter, in any way, the existing physician-patient relationship, nor the existing professional obligations of your physician in the delivery of medical services to you, the patient."

(h) The summary shall be updated when necessary.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-19-05.)

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 356g.5 as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356g.5 new)

Sec. 356g.5. Comprehensive clinical breast exam.

(a) The General Assembly finds that comprehensive clinical breast examinations are a critical tool in the early detection of breast cancer, while the disease is in its earlier and potentially more treatable stages. Insurer reimbursement of comprehensive clinical breast examinations is essential to the effort to reduce breast cancer deaths in Illinois.

(b) Every insurer shall provide, in each group or individual policy, contract, or certificate of accident or health insurance issued or renewed for persons who are residents of Illinois, coverage for a complete and thorough comprehensive clinical breast examination for each breast, performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, an advanced practice nurse who has a collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes comprehensive breast examinations, or a physician assistant who has been delegated authority to provide comprehensive breast examinations, to check for lumps and other changes for the purpose of early detection and prevention of breast cancer as follows:

(1) annually for women 18 years of age and older; and

(2) at any time at the recommendation of the woman's health care professional.

(c) An insurance policy, contract, or certificate must provide separate and distinct coverage for physical examinations of the breast as described in subsection (b) regardless of whether a health care professional performs other preventive women's health examinations or makes a referral for other preventive women's health examinations at the same time the health care professional performs the breast examination.".