(Statehouse) – Legislation sponsored by State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday.
House Enrolled Act 1058 codifies into state law Food and Drug Administration-approved standards for increasing transparency with patients and their health care providers on whether the patient has dense breasts after receiving a mammogram.
Breast density is the ratio of connective tissue to fatty tissue in the breast, and denser tissue can make it difficult to identify and diagnose breast cancer.
Letters given to the patient would be required to tell them whether their breasts are dense or not and that dense tissue makes it harder to identify cancer on a mammogram, which limits early detection of breast cancer. Patients with dense breasts would also be advised, under certain circumstances, to talk to their health care provider about whether additional testing is needed.
HEA 1058 is one of several signed into law by the governor this legislative session.
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