H1280B1364A01963 AJB:EJH 06/22/21 #90 A01963
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1280
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE RAPP
Printer's No. 1364
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 13 through 30; pages 3 and 4, lines
1 through 30; by striking out all of said lines on said pages
and inserting
Section 2. Sections 3(a) and (b) and 4 of the act are
amended to read:
Section 3. Test results.
(a) General rule.--[When, in the judgment of the entity
performing a diagnostic imaging service, a significant
abnormality may exist, the] An entity performing [the] a
diagnostic imaging service shall [directly notify] provide
written notice to the patient or the patient's designee [by
providing notice] that the entity has completed a review of the
test performed on the patient and has sent results to the health
care practitioner who ordered the diagnostic imaging service.
The notice shall include all of the following:
(1) The name of the ordering health care practitioner.
(2) The date the test was performed.
(3) The date the results were sent to the ordering
health care practitioner.
(4) The following statements:
[You are receiving this notice as a result of a
determination by your diagnostic imaging service that
further discussions of your test results are warranted
and would be beneficial to you.
The complete results of your test or tests have been or
will be sent to the health care practitioner that ordered
the test or tests. It is recommended that you contact
your health care practitioner to discuss your results as
soon as possible.] The complete results of your test or
tests have been sent to the health care practitioner who
ordered the test or tests. If you are not contacted by
the ordering practitioner within 14 days or you are not
able to access your test results on your electronic
health record, it is recommended that you contact your
health care practitioner to discuss your results.
(5) The contact information necessary for the patient to
obtain a full report.
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(b) Exceptions.--The following shall be exempted from the
requirements of subsection (a):
(1) Routine obstetrical ultrasounds used to monitor the
development of a fetus.
(2) Diagnostic imaging services performed on a patient
who is being treated on an inpatient basis or in an emergency
[room] department or observation unit of a hospital.
(3) Diagnostic radiographs.
(4) Diagnostic imaging services performed on a patient
with a chronic condition if the patient has previously
received notice of the chronic condition.
(5) Diagnostic imaging services test results provided to
a patient at the time of the test.
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