Bill Text: TX HB669 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to informing a patient concerning reconstructive breast surgery before performing certain surgical procedures.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB669 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB669-Introduced.html
  82R3674 JSC-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 669
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to informing a patient concerning reconstructive breast
  surgery before performing certain surgical procedures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 311.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 311.004.  NOTICE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CERTAIN BREAST
  SURGERY. (a)  A hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that provides
  mastectomy surgery, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy shall
  inform the patient concerning the option of reconstructive surgery
  following those procedures, including the availability of coverage
  for reconstructive surgery.
         (b)  The hospital shall provide the information required by
  Subsection (a):
               (1)  in writing; and
               (2)  before obtaining consent to the surgical
  procedure.
         (c)  The information required by Subsection (a) must
  include:
               (1)  a description of each reconstructive option for a
  patient and the advantages and disadvantages of each option;
               (2)  a description of the provisions assuring coverage
  by public and private insurance plans of the costs related to
  reconstructive surgery under federal and state law;
               (3)  a description of how a patient may access
  reconstructive care, including:
                     (A)  the possibility of transferring care to a
  facility that provides reconstructive care; or
                     (B)  choosing to pursue reconstruction after
  completion of breast cancer surgery and further cancer treatments,
  such as chemotherapy and radiation; and
               (4)  any other information required by the commissioner
  of state health services.
         (d)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission, on behalf of the Department of State Health
  Services, shall adopt rules prescribing the form and contents of
  the information required under this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.
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