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1	1		By: Campbell, Cook S.B. No. 1084
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2025; February 24, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
	4	+	Services; March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	10		AN ACT
8	11		relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast
9	12		density information.
10	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	14		SECTION 1. Section 86.013(a), Health and Safety Code, is
12	15		amended to read as follows:
13	16		(a) A [On completion of a mammogram, a] mammography
14	17		facility certified by the United States Food and Drug
15	18		Administration or by a certification agency approved by the United
16	19		States Food and Drug Administration shall:
17	20		(1) be aware of and comply with all applicable federal
18	21		and state "dense breast" reporting requirements; and
19	22		(2) on completion of a mammogram provide to the
20	23		patient:
21	24		(A) based on the patient's reported breast
22	25		density, [the following] notice that includes one of the following:
23	26		(i) for a mammography report identifying
24	27		the patient's breast density as "The breasts are almost entirely
25	28		fatty" or "There are scattered areas of fibroglandular density,"
26	29		the statement: "Breast tissue can be either dense or not dense.
27	30		Dense tissue makes it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram
28	31		and also raises the risk of developing breast cancer. Your breast
29	32		tissue is not dense. Talk to your healthcare provider about breast
30	33		density, risks for breast cancer, and your individual situation.";
31	34		or
32	35		(ii) for a mammography report identifying
33	36		the patient's breast density as "The breasts are heterogeneously
34	37		dense, which may obscure small masses" or "The breasts are
35	38		extremely dense, which lowers the sensitivity of mammography," the
36	39		statement: "Breast tissue can be either dense or not dense. Dense
37	40		tissue makes it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram and also
38	41		raises the risk of developing breast cancer. Your breast tissue is
39	42		dense. In some people with dense tissue, other imaging tests in
40	43		addition to a mammogram may help find cancers. Talk to your health
41	44		care provider about breast density, risks for breast cancer, and
42	45		your individual situation."; and
43	46		(B) notice that includes the statement:
44	47		["If your mammogram demonstrates that you have dense breast
45	48		tissue, which could hide abnormalities, and you have other risk
46	49		factors for breast cancer that have been identified, you might
47	50		benefit from supplemental screening tests that may be suggested by
48	51		your ordering physician.
49	52		["Dense breast tissue, in and of itself, is a relatively
50	53		common condition. Therefore, this information is not provided to
51	54		cause undue concern, but rather to raise your awareness and to
52	55		promote discussion with your physician regarding the presence of
53	56		other risk factors, in addition to dense breast tissue.]
54	57		"A report of your mammography results will be sent to you and
55	58		your physician. You should contact your physician if you have any
56	59		questions or concerns regarding this report."
57	60		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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