By: Nelson S.B. No. 527
(In the Senate - Filed January 23, 2009; February 17, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; March 13, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 13, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain mammography systems that fail certification
standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 401.430, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(f) If a facility's mammography system fails to meet the
department's certification standards and the failure is a Severity
Level I violation under the department's rules, the facility shall
notify each patient on whom the facility performed a mammography
during the period in which the system failed to meet the
department's certification standards [30 days preceding the date of
the inspection that revealed the failure]. The facility shall:
(1) inform the patient that the mammography system
failed to satisfy the department's certification standards;
(2) recommend that the patient consult with the
patient's physician regarding the need for another mammogram [have
another mammogram performed at a facility with a certified
mammography system]; and
(3) list the three facilities closest to the original
testing facility that have a certified mammography system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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