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Senate Bill 527 |
Senate Author: Nelson |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Kolkhorst et al. |
Senate Bill 527 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a facility whose mammography system fails to meet the Department of State Health Services certification standards by a failure that is a Severity Level I violation under the department's rules to notify each patient on whom a mammography was performed during the period in which the system failed to meet those standards, rather than each patient on whom a mammography was performed during the 30 days preceding the date of the inspection that revealed the failure. The bill requires the facility to recommend that the patient consult with the patient's physician regarding the need for another mammogram.