,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjac,ms4 ,de,lauro 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,israel1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,ms4  
,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4  
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4          
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4      
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,mr4         
,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,larson of  
,connecticut1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,ms4 ,moore1
 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,rush1 
,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 and ,mr4   
,wolf7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require that every mammography summary  
delivered to a patient after a          
mammography examination1 as required by 
section #ced of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7commonly referred to as  
the ,mammography ,quality ,standards    
,act of #aiib71 contain information     
regarding the patient's breast density  
and language communicating that         

individuals with more dense breasts may 
benefit from supplemental screening     
tests1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,breast ,density and ,mammography   
,reporting ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings
 ,the ,congress finds as follows3 7#a7  
,the ,american ,cancer ,society reports 
that an individual with dense breast    
tissue faces a relative risk of         
developing breast cancer #d or more     
times higher than an individual without 
dense breast tissue4  7#b7 ,the         
,national ,cancer ,institute estimates  
that #a in #h women in the ,united      
,states will develop a cancer of the    
breast in their lifetime4  7#c7 ,the    
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention reports that breast cancer  
is the number one cause of cancer death 
among ,hispanic women1 and the number   
two cause of cancer death among ,white1 
,black1 ,asian_/,pacific ,islander1 and 
,american ,indian_/,alaska ,native      
women4  7#d7 ,individuals receiving     

mammograms are not currently required to
 receive medical summaries or reports   
from their mammogram providers which    
address breast density or its           
correlation to breast cancer1 despite   
the fact that the radiologist           
interpreting the mammogram makes an     
assessment of the patient's breast      
density4  #c4 ,breast density reporting 
by facilities that perform mammograms to
 physicians and patients  7a7 ,in       
general ,clause 7ii7 of section         
#ced7;f77#a77;,g7 of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#bfc;b7f77#a77;,g77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 each of subclauses 7,,iii7 and 7,,iv71 
by striking and at the end2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7,v7 
the report under subclause 7,i7 and the 
summary under subclause 7,,iv7 shall    
include information regarding the       
patient's individual measure of breast  
density1 as specified by the ,secretary 
based upon-- 7aa7 current scientific    
knowledge2  7bb7 technological advances2

 or  7cc7 other updated medical         
procedures where the use of such        
screening developments is consistent    
with the practice of medical experts in 
the field2  7,,vi7 the summary under    
subclause 7,,iv7 shall convey to the    
patient his or her risk of developing   
breast cancer associated with below1    
above1 and average levels of breast     
density as measured under subclause 7,v7
 and analyzed by the patient's          
interpreting physician2 and  7,,vii7 the
 summary under subclause 7,,iv7 shall   
include language1 developed by the      
,secretary in consultation with leading 
experts1 communicating that individuals 
with more dense breasts-- 7aa7 may      
benefit from supplemental screening     
tests2 and  7bb7 should talk with their 
physicians about any questions or       
concerns regarding the summary2 and  4  
7b7 ,rule of construction ,this section 
and the amendments made by this section 
shall not be construed to alter in any  
way ,federal requirements relating to   

financial obligations of any person in  
connection with health insurance4  7c7  
,no preemption ,this section and the    
amendments made by this section shall   
not be construed to preempt any ,state  
requirements relating to reporting on a 
patient's individual measure of breast  
density4