98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3765
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-685 new

     Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall require every provider of mammography services to,  if  a patient's  mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide notification to the patient in  any summary of the mammography report sent  to  the patient pursuant to the  federal  Mammography  Quality  Standards  Act that shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  certain  information.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 2310-685 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-685 new)
8    Sec. 2310-685. Breast cancer; duty of providers of 
9mammography services to notify and inform.  The Department shall 
10require every provider of mammography services to,  if  a 
11patient's  mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide 
12notification to the patient in  any summary of the mammography 
13report sent  to  the patient pursuant to the  federal  Mammography  
14Quality  Standards  Act that shall include, but  not  be  limited  
15to,  the following  information:
16        "Your  mammogram  shows  that your breast tissue is dense. 
17    Dense breast  tissue is very common and is not abnormal. 
18    However, dense breast tissue can make it harder to find 
19    cancer on a mammogram and may also be associated with an 
20    increased risk of breast cancer.
21        This information about the result of your mammogram is 
22    given to you to raise your awareness. Use this information 
23    to talk to your doctor about your own risks for breast 
 
 
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1    cancer. At that time, ask your doctor if  more screening  
2    tests  might  be useful, based on your risk. A report of your 
3    results was sent to your physician.".
4    For the purposes of this Section, "dense breast tissue" 
5means heterogeneously dense or extremely dense  tissue  as  
6defined  in  nationally recognized guidelines or systems for 
7breast imaging reporting of mammography  screening,  including,  
8but  not  limited  to, the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data 
9System of the American College of Radiology, and  any equivalent 
10new terms, as such guidelines or systems are updated.