82R3674 JSC-D
	By: White	H.B. No. 669

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.