Full Text of HB3765 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 2310-345 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-345) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.49)
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-345. Breast cancer; written summary regarding | 9 | | early detection and
treatment. | 10 | | (a) From funds made available for this purpose, the
| 11 | | Department shall publish, in layman's language, a
standardized | 12 | | written summary outlining methods for the early detection and
| 13 | | diagnosis of breast cancer. The summary shall include | 14 | | recommended
guidelines for screening and detection of breast | 15 | | cancer through the use of
techniques that shall include but not | 16 | | be limited to self-examination, clinical breast exams, and
| 17 | | diagnostic radiology.
| 18 | | (b) The summary shall also suggest that women seek | 19 | | mammography
services from facilities that
are certified to | 20 | | perform mammography as required by the
federal Mammography | 21 | | Quality Standards Act of 1992.
| 22 | | (c) The summary shall also include the medically viable
| 23 | | alternative
methods for the treatment of breast cancer, |
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| 1 | | including, but not limited to,
hormonal, radiological, | 2 | | chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments or
combinations | 3 | | thereof. The summary shall contain information on breast
| 4 | | reconstructive surgery, including, but not limited to, the use | 5 | | of breast
implants and their side effects.
The summary shall | 6 | | inform the
patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and | 7 | | dangers of the various
procedures.
The summary shall include | 8 | | (i) a statement that mammography is the most
accurate method | 9 | | for making an early detection of breast cancer, however, no
| 10 | | diagnostic tool is 100% effective, (ii) the benefits of | 11 | | clinical breast exams, and (iii) instructions for
performing | 12 | | breast self-examination and a statement that
it is
important to | 13 | | perform a breast self-examination monthly.
| 14 | | (c-5) The summary shall specifically address the benefits
| 15 | | of early detection and review the clinical standard | 16 | | recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and | 17 | | Prevention and the American Cancer Society for mammography, | 18 | | clinical breast exams, and breast self-exams.
| 19 | | (c-10) The summary shall also inform individuals that | 20 | | public and private insurance providers shall pay for clinical | 21 | | breast exams as part of an exam, as indicated by guidelines of | 22 | | practice.
| 23 | | (c-15) The summary shall also inform individuals, in | 24 | | layman's terms, of the meaning and consequences of "dense | 25 | | breast tissue" under the guidelines of the Breast Imaging | 26 | | Reporting and Data System of the American College of Radiology |
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| 1 | | and potential recommended follow-up tests or studies . | 2 | | (d) In developing the summary, the Department shall consult | 3 | | with the
Advisory Board of Cancer Control, the Illinois State | 4 | | Medical Society and
consumer groups. The summary shall be | 5 | | updated by the Department every 2 years.
| 6 | | (e) The summaries shall additionally be translated into | 7 | | Spanish, and
the Department shall conduct a public information | 8 | | campaign to distribute
the summaries to the Hispanic women of | 9 | | this State in order to inform them
of the importance of early | 10 | | detection and mammograms.
| 11 | | (f) The Department shall distribute the summary to | 12 | | hospitals, public
health centers, and physicians who are likely | 13 | | to perform or order
diagnostic
tests for breast disease or | 14 | | treat breast cancer by surgical or other
medical methods. Those | 15 | | hospitals, public health centers, and physicians
shall make the | 16 | | summaries available to the public. The Department shall
also | 17 | | distribute the summaries to any person, organization, or other
| 18 | | interested parties upon request. The summaries may be | 19 | | duplicated by any
person, provided the copies are identical to | 20 | | the current summary
prepared
by the Department.
| 21 | | (g) The summary shall display, on the inside of its cover, | 22 | | printed in
capital letters, in bold face type, the following | 23 | | paragraph:
| 24 | | "The information contained in this brochure regarding | 25 | | recommendations for
early detection and diagnosis of breast | 26 | | disease and alternative breast
disease treatments is only for |
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| 1 | | the purpose of assisting you, the patient,
in understanding the | 2 | | medical information and advice offered by your
physician. This | 3 | | brochure cannot serve as a substitute for the sound
| 4 | | professional advice of your physician. The availability of this | 5 | | brochure
or the information contained within is not intended to | 6 | | alter, in any way,
the existing physician-patient | 7 | | relationship, nor the existing professional
obligations of | 8 | | your physician in the delivery of medical services to you,
the | 9 | | patient."
| 10 | | (h) The summary shall be updated when necessary.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-502, eff. 1-1-14.)
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