h_phc_2017a_2017-03-21t13:35:11z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/21/2017

Location: HCR 0107

01:35 PM -- SB 17-142



Representative Danielson, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-142 to the committee. Under current federal law, a patient who undergoes a mammogram must receive a report of the results. This bill requires that the mammography report include a specified notice when a patient's mammogram indicates that the patient has dense breast tissue. Specifically, the notice must inform the patients that:

• their mammogram indicates that they have dense breast tissue;

• dense breast tissue is common and not abnormal;

• dense breast tissue can make interpreting mammogram results more difficult;

• dense breast tissue may be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer; and

• the notice is provided to raise awareness and inform their conversations with their doctor.

The bill specifies that the required notice does not create a cause of action or a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides the basis for a cause of action.



01:39 PM



Representative Danielson responded to questions from the committee.



01:43 PM -- Dr. Taj Kattapuram, Colorado Radiological Society, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Kattapuram responded to questions from the committee.



01:50 PM -- Dr. Steph Timothy, Colorado Breast Density Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Timothy responded to questions from the committee.



01:55 PM -- Dick Brown, Colorado Section - American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified in support of the bill.



01:59 PM -- Jennifer Gross, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



02:06 PM



Representative Danielson gave concluding remarks. Committee members commented on the bill.

02:12 PM



The committee recessed briefly.