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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 543

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Relating to: requiring facilities that perform mammography examinations to provide notice to certain patients regarding dense breast tissue and granting rule-making authority.

Hospitals and health care facilities Medical service Women Wood county

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a facility that performs mammography examinations to

provide a notice containing specific information about breast density to patients with

dense breast tissue. Federal law requires a facility that performs mammography

examinations to provide a patient with a summary of the results of each

mammography examination. The bill requires that the facility performing the

mammography examination provide a patient determined to have dense breast

tissue with a summary that includes a notice and specific information about dense

breast tissue.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wirch (D)

34 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Born (R) , Crowley (D) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Genrich (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Nygren (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Subeck (D) , Swearingen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 9, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 20, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Cowles, Feyen, Johnson, Moulton, Olsen, Roth, Stroebel, Testin and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Rodriguez, Nygren, Kulp, Mursau, Tusler, Duchow, Steffen, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Novak, Thiesfeldt, Quinn, E. Brooks, Steineke, Spiros, Born, Genrich, Crowley, Anderson, Berceau, Sinicki, Ballweg, Krug, Kitchens, Swearingen, Skowronski, Macco, Murphy, Tranel, Ripp, Edming and Subeck

  2. Nov 20, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Feb 6, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 8, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 9, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Feb 9, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1