
PRINTER'S NO. 2982
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2103
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, FEE, PETRARCA, GILLEN, KNOWLES, MOUL,
KEEFER, SCHLOSSBERG AND RADER, DECEMBER 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, DECEMBER 2, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 24, 2018 (P.L.719, No.112), entitled
"An act providing for notification of patient test results to
be sent directly to a patient or the patient's designee; and
providing for duties of the Department of Health," further
providing for definitions, for test results and for duties of
Department of Health.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "diagnostic imaging service"
and "significant abnormality" in section 2 of the act of October
24, 2018 (P.L.719, No.112), known as the Patient Test Result
Information Act, are amended to read:
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Diagnostic imaging service." [A medical imaging test
performed on a patient that is intended to diagnose the presence
or absence of a disease, including, but not limited to, a
malignancy.] D iagnostic magnetic imaging, computed tomography,
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