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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast |
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density information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.013(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A [On completion of a mammogram, a] mammography |
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facility certified by the United States Food and Drug |
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Administration or by a certification agency approved by the United |
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States Food and Drug Administration shall: |
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(1) be aware of and comply with all applicable federal |
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and state "dense breast" reporting requirements; and |
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(2) on completion of a mammogram provide to the |
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patient: |
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(A) based on the patient's reported breast |
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density, [the following] notice that includes one of the following: |
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(i) for a mammography report identifying |
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the patient's breast density as "The breasts are almost entirely |
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fatty" or "There are scattered areas of fibroglandular density," |
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the statement: "Breast tissue can be either dense or not dense. |
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Dense tissue makes it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram |
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and also raises the risk of developing breast cancer. Your breast |
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tissue is not dense. Talk to your healthcare provider about breast |
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density, risks for breast cancer, and your individual situation."; |
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or |
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(ii) for a mammography report identifying |
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the patient's breast density as "The breasts are heterogeneously |
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dense, which may obscure small masses" or "The breasts are |
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extremely dense, which lowers the sensitivity of mammography," the |
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statement: "Breast tissue can be either dense or not dense. Dense |
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tissue makes it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram and also |
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raises the risk of developing breast cancer. Your breast tissue is |
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dense. In some people with dense tissue, other imaging tests in |
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addition to a mammogram may help find cancers. Talk to your health |
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care provider about breast density, risks for breast cancer, and |
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your individual situation."; and |
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(B) notice that includes the statement: |
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["If your mammogram demonstrates that you have dense breast |
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tissue, which could hide abnormalities, and you have other risk |
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factors for breast cancer that have been identified, you might |
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benefit from supplemental screening tests that may be suggested by |
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your ordering physician. |
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["Dense breast tissue, in and of itself, is a relatively |
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common condition. Therefore, this information is not provided to |
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cause undue concern, but rather to raise your awareness and to |
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promote discussion with your physician regarding the presence of |
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other risk factors, in addition to dense breast tissue.] |
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"A report of your mammography results will be sent to you and |
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your physician. You should contact your physician if you have any |
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questions or concerns regarding this report." |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |