Bill Text: IA SF2252 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a task force related to breast density education and notification. (Formerly SF 2002.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Subcommittee reassigned, Forristall, Heaton, and Hunter. H.J. 379. [SF2252 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2252-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2002)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
task
force
related
to
breast
density
1
education
and
notification.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
BREAST
DENSITY
TASK
FORCE
AND
REPORT.
1
1.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
establish
and
2
facilitate
a
task
force
to
discuss
breast
density
and
its
3
relationship
to
cancer.
4
2.
The
membership
of
the
task
force
shall
include
but
is
not
5
limited
to
the
following:
6
a.
A
representative
of
the
department
of
public
health.
7
b.
A
representative
of
the
department
of
human
services.
8
c.
Medical
professionals
working
with
breast
cancer
9
patients.
10
d.
A
radiologist.
11
e.
A
primary
care
physician.
12
f.
A
physician
assistant
or
advanced
registered
nurse
13
practitioner.
14
g.
Two
advocates
for
notification
to
patients
of
breast
15
density.
16
h.
A
legal
expert
in
health
care
matters
concerning
17
notification
to
patients.
18
i.
A
representative
from
a
hospital
or
other
health
care
19
facility.
20
j.
A
representative
from
the
insurance
industry.
21
k.
Other
persons
as
the
department
of
public
health
deems
22
appropriate.
23
3.
The
task
force
shall
determine
the
essential
elements
of
24
an
education
tool
for
patients
and
health
care
professionals
in
25
Iowa
regarding
breast
density
and
its
relationship
to
cancer.
26
4.
The
task
force
shall
make
recommendations
for
the
27
implementation
of
a
tool
to
educate
patients
and
health
care
28
professionals
in
Iowa
about
breast
density
and
its
relationship
29
to
cancer.
30
5.
The
task
force
shall
develop
a
process
to
notify
patients
31
or
referring
health
care
professionals
that
a
patient
has
32
dense
breasts
after
a
finding
of
dense
breasts
through
medical
33
testing.
34
6.
The
task
force
shall
make
other
findings
and
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recommendations
as
appropriate.
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7.
The
task
force
shall,
by
November
15,
2014,
submit
a
2
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
3
the
general
assembly.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
public
health
to
8
establish
and
facilitate
a
task
force
to
discuss
breast
density
9
and
its
relationship
to
cancer.
The
task
force
shall
determine
10
the
elements
necessary
for
an
educational
tool
which
will
11
educate
patients
and
health
care
professionals
in
Iowa
about
12
breast
density
and
its
relationship
to
cancer.
The
task
force
13
shall
also
make
recommendations
for
the
implementation
of
this
14
educational
tool.
The
task
force
shall
create
a
process
to
15
inform
patients
or
referring
health
care
professionals
that
16
a
patient
has
dense
breasts
after
a
finding
of
dense
breasts
17
through
medical
testing
such
as
a
mammogram.
The
bill
directs
18
the
task
force
to
submit
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
19
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
November
15,
2014.
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