Mammography; provider must notify patient about dense breast tissue. (HB1778)
Introduced By
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station) with support from 23 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Bob Brink (D-Arlington), Del. Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Matthew James (D-Portsmouth), Del. Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Mammography results; information about dense breast tissue. Clarifies the conditions under which a mammography services provider must notify a patient of dense breast tissue and adds language to the notice that must be sent to patients under the existing law. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2013 | Committee |
01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101119D |
01/08/2013 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/14/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1778) |
01/22/2013 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/22/2013 | Committee substitute printed 13104024D-H1 |
01/23/2013 | Read first time |
01/24/2013 | Read second time |
01/24/2013 | Committee substitute agreed to 13104024D-H1 |
01/24/2013 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1778H1 |
01/25/2013 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
01/25/2013 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/28/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/29/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1778H1) |
02/07/2013 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2013 | Read third time |
02/11/2013 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2013 | Enrolled |
02/14/2013 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1778ER) |
02/14/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1778ER) |
02/14/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
02/14/2013 | Signed by President |
03/13/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 282 (effective 7/1/13) |
03/13/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282) |
Comments
Only extremely dense breasts obscure the image, so adding the "heterogeneously dense" category will result in unnecessarily (and scarily) notifying 40% of the mammography population