SPONSOR: Rep. Neal & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Pinkney Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Heffernan, Morrison, Parker Selby, Wilson-Anton; Sens. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Mantzavinos, Sokola, Townsend HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE BILL NO. 313 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.
SPONSOR: Rep. Neal & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Pinkney Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Heffernan, Morrison, Parker Selby, Wilson-Anton; Sens. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Mantzavinos, Sokola, Townsend
SPONSOR: Rep. Neal & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Pinkney
Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Heffernan, Morrison, Parker Selby, Wilson-Anton; Sens. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Mantzavinos, Sokola, Townsend
SPONSOR:
Rep. Neal & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Pinkney
Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Heffernan, Morrison, Parker Selby, Wilson-Anton; Sens. Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Mantzavinos, Sokola, Townsend
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 313
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE: Section 1. Amend 6536, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows: 6536. Medical care. (f) The Department shall ensure that all female inmates in a Department of Correction facility, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The decision as to whether an inmate receives a mammogram annually or biennially shall be made by the inmate and her health-care practitioner and shall be based on the inmates individual risk factors for developing breast cancer. Section 2. This Act shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend 6536, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
6536. Medical care.
(f) The Department shall ensure that all female inmates in a Department of Correction facility, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The decision as to whether an inmate receives a mammogram annually or biennially shall be made by the inmate and her health-care practitioner and shall be based on the inmates individual risk factors for developing breast cancer.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law.
SYNOPSIS This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
SYNOPSIS
This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.