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WV SB606

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Amy Nichole Grady

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires mammography facilities to notify patients about their breast density classification based on the American College of Radiology's Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System

  • Mandates specific notification language for patients with non-dense breasts explaining that dense tissue increases breast cancer risk and makes mammograms less effective

  • Requires enhanced notification for patients with heterogeneously dense or extremely dense breasts, including information that additional imaging tests may help detect cancers

  • Requires patient summaries to include their specific breast density category alongside the educational language

  • Mandates that health care provider reports include one of four standardized breast density category terms: almost entirely fatty, scattered fibroglandular density, heterogeneously dense, or extremely dense

Legislative Description

Relating to notification of breast density

Health

Last Action

To House Health and Human Resources

3/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Resources3/13/2025
Health and Human Resources2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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