A9586D-2011 Actions

• Jun 19, 2012: substituted by s6769b
• Jun 19, 2012: rules report cal.389
• Jun 19, 2012: reported
• Jun 14, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 13, 2012: print number 9586d
• Jun 13, 2012: amend and recommit to codes
• Jun 11, 2012: reported referred to codes
• Jun 7, 2012: print number 9586c
• Jun 7, 2012: amend and recommit to health
• Jun 4, 2012: reference changed to health
• Jun 1, 2012: print number 9586b
• Jun 1, 2012: amend (t) and recommit to insurance
• May 11, 2012: print number 9586a
• May 11, 2012: amend and recommit to insurance
• Mar 20, 2012: referred to insurance

A9586D-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 9586--D
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 20, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE, SWEENEY, GUNTHER, McENENY, ABINANTI,
 LANCMAN, COLTON, JACOBS, MILLMAN, BARRON, N. RIVERA,  MAISEL,  HOOPER,
 ROBERTS,   RUSSELL,   CASTRO,   QUART,   CAHILL,  GALEF,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
 O'DONNELL, SCHIMEL,  SCARBOROUGH,  WEPRIN,  LINARES,  COOK,  ROBINSON,
 CLARK, CYMBROWITZ, LATIMER, LIFTON, LAVINE, BRAUNSTEIN, PRETLOW, MOYA,
 J. RIVERA,  GRAF,  SIMANOWITZ,  STEVENSON,  TITUS,  MAGNARELLI,  MENG,
 GIBSON, MORELLE, CUSICK,  RAMOS,  GABRYSZAK,  ROSENTHAL,  SCHIMMINGER,
 SIMOTAS,  REILLY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AMEDORE,
 ARROYO, AUBRY,  BRENNAN,  BURLING,  BUTLER,  CALHOUN,  CONTE,  CRESPO,
 CROUCH,  CURRAN,  DenDEKKER, DINOWITZ, DUPREY, HAWLEY, HEVESI, LOSQUA
 DRO,   LUPARDO,   MAGEE,   MARKEY,   J. MILLER,   MONTESANO,   MURRAY,
 PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RA, RAIA, P. RIVERA, SALADINO, SAYWARD, TENNEY,
 THIELE,  TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
 as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from
 said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and
 recommitted to said committee -- reference changed to the Committee on
 Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred  to
 the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 

AN ACT to amend the public  health  law,  in  relation  to  supplemental
 screenings
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2404-c to read as follows:

 

S  2404-C. BREAST CANCER; DUTY OF PROVIDERS OF MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES TO
 NOTIFY AND INFORM.  EVERY PROVIDER OF MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES SHALL,  IF  A
 PATIENT'S  MAMMOGRAM DEMONSTRATES DENSE BREAST TISSUE, PROVIDE NOTIFICA
 TION TO SUCH PATIENT THAT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING  INFORMATION,  IN  ANY SUMMARY OF THE MAMMOGRAPHY REPORT SENT,
 PURSUANT TO THE  FEDERAL  MAMMOGRAPHY  QUALITY  STANDARDS  ACT,  TO  THE
 PATIENT:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15074-10-2
 
       A. 9586--D                          2
 YOUR  MAMMOGRAM  SHOWS  THAT YOUR BREAST TISSUE IS DENSE. DENSE BREAST
 TISSUE IS VERY COMMON AND IS NOT ABNORMAL. HOWEVER, DENSE BREAST  TISSUE
 CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO FIND CANCER ON A MAMMOGRAM AND MAY ALSO BE ASSOCI
 ATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER.
 THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESULT OF YOUR MAMMOGRAM IS GIVEN TO YOU TO
 RAISE  YOUR AWARENESS. USE THIS INFORMATION TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT
 YOUR OWN RISKS FOR BREAST CANCER. AT THAT TIME, ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF  MORE
 SCREENING  TESTS  MIGHT  BE USEFUL, BASED ON YOUR RISK. A REPORT OF YOUR
 RESULTS WAS SENT TO YOUR PHYSICIAN.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION DENSE BREAST TISSUE SHALL MEAN HETER
 OGENEOUSLY DENSE OR EXTREMELY DENSE  TISSUE  AS  DEFINED  IN  NATIONALLY
 RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES OR SYSTEMS FOR BREAST IMAGING REPORTING OF MAMMOG
 RAPHY  SCREENING,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, THE BREAST IMAGING
 REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, AND  ANY
 EQUIVALENT NEW TERMS, AS SUCH GUIDELINES OR SYSTEMS ARE UPDATED.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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