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SENATE
FILE
205
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
80)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
24,
2015
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
notification
requirement
for
mammogram
1
reports
to
patients.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
136C.3,
subsection
10,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
10.
a.
Adopt
rules
specifying
the
minimum
training
and
3
performance
standards
for
an
individual
using
a
radiation
4
machine
for
mammography,
and
other
rules
necessary
to
5
implement
section
136C.15
.
The
rules
shall
complement
federal
6
requirements
applicable
to
similar
radiation
machinery
and
7
shall
not
be
less
stringent
than
those
federal
requirements.
8
b.
(1)
Adopt
rules
to
require
that,
by
January
1,
2016,
9
a
facility
at
which
mammography
services
are
performed
shall
10
include
information
on
breast
density
in
mammogram
reports
sent
11
to
patients
pursuant
to
regulations
implementing
the
federal
12
Mammography
Quality
Standards
Act
of
1992,
Pub.
L.
No.
102-539,
13
as
amended.
If
a
patient
is
categorized
by
an
interpreting
14
physician
at
the
facility
as
having
heterogeneously
dense
15
breasts
or
extremely
dense
breasts
based
on
standards
as
16
defined
in
nationally
recognized
guidelines
or
systems
for
17
breast
imaging
reporting
of
mammography
screening,
including
18
the
breast
imaging
reporting
and
data
system
of
the
American
19
college
of
radiology,
the
report
to
the
patient
shall
include
20
notice
that
the
patient
has
dense
breast
tissue,
that
this
may
21
make
it
more
difficult
to
detect
cancer
on
a
mammogram,
and
22
that
it
may
increase
the
patient’s
risk
of
breast
cancer.
The
23
notice
may
contain
the
following
language:
24
”State
law
requires
the
following
notification:
25
Your
mammogram
indicates
that
you
have
dense
breast
tissue.
26
Dense
breast
tissue
may
make
it
more
difficult
to
evaluate
the
27
results
of
your
mammogram
and
may
also
be
associated
with
an
28
increased
risk
of
breast
cancer.
You
are
encouraged
to
consult
29
with
your
primary
health
care
provider
regarding
the
results
of
30
your
mammogram.
Together
you
can
best
decide
which
additional
31
screening
options
may
be
right
for
you
based
on
your
mammogram
32
results,
individual
risk
factors,
or
physical
examination.”
33
(2)
Nothing
in
this
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
construed
to
34
modify
the
existing
liability
of
a
facility
where
mammography
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services
are
performed
beyond
the
duty
to
provide
the
1
information
set
forth
in
this
paragraph
“b”
.
2
(3)
Nothing
in
this
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
deemed
to
require
3
a
notice
or
the
provision
of
information
that
is
inconsistent
4
with
the
provisions
of
the
federal
Mammography
Quality
5
Standards
Act
of
1992,
Pub.
L.
No.
102-539,
as
amended,
or
any
6
regulations
promulgated
pursuant
to
that
Act.
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