Bill Text: TX HB669 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to informing a patient concerning reconstructive breast surgery before performing certain surgical procedures.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB669-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 669 | |
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| relating to informing a patient concerning reconstructive breast | ||
| surgery before performing certain surgical procedures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 311.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 311.004. NOTICE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERTAIN BREAST | ||
| SURGERY. (a) A hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that provides | ||
| mastectomy surgery, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy shall | ||
| inform the patient concerning the option of reconstructive surgery | ||
| following those procedures, including the availability of coverage | ||
| for reconstructive surgery. | ||
| (b) The hospital shall provide the information required by | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) in writing; and | ||
| (2) before obtaining consent to the surgical | ||
| procedure. | ||
| (c) The information required by Subsection (a) must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) a description of each reconstructive option for a | ||
| patient and the advantages and disadvantages of each option; | ||
| (2) a description of the provisions assuring coverage | ||
| by public and private insurance plans of the costs related to | ||
| reconstructive surgery under federal and state law; | ||
| (3) a description of how a patient may access | ||
| reconstructive care, including: | ||
| (A) the possibility of transferring care to a | ||
| facility that provides reconstructive care; or | ||
| (B) choosing to pursue reconstruction after | ||
| completion of breast cancer surgery and further cancer treatments, | ||
| such as chemotherapy and radiation; and | ||
| (4) any other information required by the commissioner | ||
| of state health services. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission, on behalf of the Department of State Health | ||
| Services, shall adopt rules prescribing the form and contents of | ||
| the information required under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012. | ||
