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AN
ACT
ESTABLISHING
A
NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT
FOR
MAMMOGRAM
REPORTS
TO
PATIENTS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
136C.3,
subsection
10,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10.
a.
Adopt
rules
specifying
the
minimum
training
and
performance
standards
for
an
individual
using
a
radiation
machine
for
mammography,
and
other
rules
necessary
to
implement
section
136C.15
.
The
rules
shall
complement
federal
requirements
applicable
to
similar
radiation
machinery
and
shall
not
be
less
stringent
than
those
federal
requirements.
b.
(1)
Adopt
rules,
in
collaboration
with
appropriate
stakeholders,
to
require
that,
by
January
1,
2018,
a
facility
at
which
mammography
services
are
performed
shall
include
information
on
breast
density
in
mammogram
reports
sent
to
all
mammography
patients,
pursuant
to
regulations
implementing
the
federal
Mammography
Quality
Standards
Act
of
1992,
Pub.
L.
No.
102-539,
as
amended.
The
mammogram
report
shall
include
information
on
a
patient’s
breast
density,
as
categorized
by
an
interpreting
physician
at
the
facility
based
on
standards
as
defined
in
nationally
recognized
guidelines
or
systems
for
breast
imaging
reporting
of
mammography
screening,
including
the
breast
imaging
reporting
and
data
system
of
the
American
college
of
radiology.
For
patients
categorized
as
having
heterogeneously
dense
breasts
or
extremely
dense
breasts,
or
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p.
2
an
equivalent
determination
by
another
nationally
recognized
density
gradient
system,
the
report
to
the
patient
shall
include
evidence-based
information
on
dense
breast
tissue,
the
increased
risk
associated
with
dense
breast
tissue,
and
the
effects
of
dense
breast
tissue
on
screening
mammography.
(2)
Nothing
in
this
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
construed
to
modify
the
existing
liability
of
a
facility
where
mammography
services
are
performed
beyond
the
duty
to
provide
the
information
set
forth
in
this
paragraph
“b”
.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
this
paragraph
“b”
shall
not
create
a
cause
of
action
or
create
a
standard
of
care,
obligation,
or
duty
that
provides
grounds
for
a
cause
of
action.
(3)
Nothing
in
this
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
deemed
to
require
a
notice
or
the
provision
of
information
that
is
inconsistent
with
the
provisions
of
the
federal
Mammography
Quality
Standards
Act
of
1992,
Pub.
L.
No.
102-539,
as
amended,
or
any
regulations
promulgated
pursuant
to
that
Act.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
250,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor