Bill Text: IL HB3765 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall require every provider of mammography services to, if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide notification to the patient in any summary of the mammography report sent to the patient pursuant to the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act that shall include, but not be limited to, certain information.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0886 [HB3765 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3765-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 098-0886 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Section 2310-345 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-345) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.49)
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Sec. 2310-345. Breast cancer; written summary regarding | ||||
early detection and
treatment. | ||||
(a) From funds made available for this purpose, the
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Department shall publish, in layman's language, a
standardized | ||||
written summary outlining methods for the early detection and
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diagnosis of breast cancer. The summary shall include | ||||
recommended
guidelines for screening and detection of breast | ||||
cancer through the use of
techniques that shall include but not | ||||
be limited to self-examination, clinical breast exams, and
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diagnostic radiology.
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(b) The summary shall also suggest that women seek | ||||
mammography
services from facilities that
are certified to | ||||
perform mammography as required by the
federal Mammography | ||||
Quality Standards Act of 1992.
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(c) The summary shall also include the medically viable
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alternative
methods for the treatment of breast cancer, |
including, but not limited to,
hormonal, radiological, | ||
chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments or
combinations | ||
thereof. The summary shall contain information on breast
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reconstructive surgery, including, but not limited to, the use | ||
of breast
implants and their side effects.
The summary shall | ||
inform the
patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and | ||
dangers of the various
procedures.
The summary shall include | ||
(i) a statement that mammography is the most
accurate method | ||
for making an early detection of breast cancer, however, no
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diagnostic tool is 100% effective, (ii) the benefits of | ||
clinical breast exams, and (iii) instructions for
performing | ||
breast self-examination and a statement that
it is
important to | ||
perform a breast self-examination monthly.
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(c-5) The summary shall specifically address the benefits
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of early detection and review the clinical standard | ||
recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention and the American Cancer Society for mammography, | ||
clinical breast exams, and breast self-exams.
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(c-10) The summary shall also inform individuals that | ||
public and private insurance providers shall pay for clinical | ||
breast exams as part of an exam, as indicated by guidelines of | ||
practice.
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(c-15) The summary shall also inform individuals, in | ||
layman's terms, of the meaning and consequences of "dense | ||
breast tissue" under the guidelines of the Breast Imaging | ||
Reporting and Data System of the American College of Radiology |
and potential recommended follow-up tests or studies . | ||
(d) In developing the summary, the Department shall consult | ||
with the
Advisory Board of Cancer Control, the Illinois State | ||
Medical Society and
consumer groups. The summary shall be | ||
updated by the Department every 2 years.
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(e) The summaries shall additionally be translated into | ||
Spanish, and
the Department shall conduct a public information | ||
campaign to distribute
the summaries to the Hispanic women of | ||
this State in order to inform them
of the importance of early | ||
detection and mammograms.
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(f) The Department shall distribute the summary to | ||
hospitals, public
health centers, and physicians who are likely | ||
to perform or order
diagnostic
tests for breast disease or | ||
treat breast cancer by surgical or other
medical methods. Those | ||
hospitals, public health centers, and physicians
shall make the | ||
summaries available to the public. The Department shall
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distribute the summaries to any person, organization, or other
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interested parties upon request. The summaries may be | ||
duplicated by any
person, provided the copies are identical to | ||
the current summary
prepared
by the Department.
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(g) The summary shall display, on the inside of its cover, | ||
printed in
capital letters, in bold face type, the following | ||
paragraph:
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"The information contained in this brochure regarding | ||
recommendations for
early detection and diagnosis of breast | ||
disease and alternative breast
disease treatments is only for |
the purpose of assisting you, the patient,
in understanding the | ||
medical information and advice offered by your
physician. This | ||
brochure cannot serve as a substitute for the sound
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professional advice of your physician. The availability of this | ||
brochure
or the information contained within is not intended to | ||
alter, in any way,
the existing physician-patient | ||
relationship, nor the existing professional
obligations of | ||
your physician in the delivery of medical services to you,
the | ||
patient."
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(h) The summary shall be updated when necessary.
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(Source: P.A. 98-502, eff. 1-1-14.)
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