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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain mammography systems that fail certification |
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standards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.430(f), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) If a facility's mammography system fails to meet the |
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department's certification standards and the failure is a Severity |
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Level I violation under the department's rules, the facility shall |
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notify each patient on whom the facility performed a mammography |
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during the period in which the system failed to meet the |
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department's certification standards [30 days preceding the date of
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the inspection that revealed the failure]. The facility shall: |
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(1) inform the patient that the mammography system |
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failed to satisfy the department's certification standards; |
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(2) recommend that the patient consult with the |
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patient's physician regarding the need for another mammogram [have
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another mammogram performed at a facility with a certified
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mammography system]; and |
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(3) list the three facilities closest to the original |
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testing facility that have a certified mammography system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |