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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A BILL FOR

 

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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.