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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