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Legislation: Ohio House Bill 147 – Mastectomy Guidelines
Bill: House Bill 147 (full text, official bill analysis) Title: Mastectomy Guidelines, Lizzie B. Byrd Act Sponsors: Representative Patmon Co-Sponsors: Representatives Ramos, Barnes, Hackett, Burkley, Grossman Bill Analysis: This bill requires a “surgeon performing a mastectomy, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy in a hospital to use a patient navigation system consistent with the standards of the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) to guide the patient through provided or referred services. If a surgeon performing a mastectomy or lumpectomy considers breast reconstruction appropriate, requires the surgeon to offer the patient a preoperative referral to a reconstructive or plastic surgeon in accordance with NAPBC standards.” Status: Introduced in the House April 30,2013. The House voted on this bill on June 5, 2013 and it passed, 94-0. The Senate passed this bill on December 4, 2013, 33-0. It was signed into law by the Governor on December 19, 2013. Votes:| House 6/5/13 | |||
| Yea (Pro-Women): 94 | |||
| Adams J. | Adams R. | Amstutz | Anielski |
| Antonio | Ashford | Baker | Barborak |
| Barnes | Beck | Becker | Bishoff |
| Blair | Blessing | Boose | Boyce |
| Brenner | Brown | Buchy | Budish |
| Burkley | Butler | Carney | Celebrezze |
| Cera | Clyde | Conditt | Curtin |
| Damschroder | DeVitis | Derickson | Dovilla |
| Driehaus | Duffey | Fedor | Foley |
| Gerberry | Gonzales | Green | Grossman |
| Hackett | Hagan, C. | Hagan, R. | Hall |
| Hayes | Heard | Henne | Hill |
| Hood | Hottinger | Huffman | Kunze |
| Landis | Letson | Lundy | Lynch |
| Maag | Mallory | McClain | McGregor |
| Milkovich | O’Brien | Patmon | Patterson |
| Pelanda | Perales | Phillips | Pillich |
| Ramos | Redfern | Reece | Retherford |
| Roegner | Rogers | Romanchuk | Rosenberger |
| Ruhl | Scherer | Schuring | Sears |
| Slaby | Slesnick | Smith | Sprague |
| Stautberg | Stebelton | Stinziano | Strahorn |
| Sykes | Terhar | Thompson | Wachtmann |
| Williams | Winburn | Young | Batchelder |
| Senate 12/4/2013 | |||
| Yeas (Pro-Women): 33 | |||
| Bacon | Balderson | Beagle | Brown |
| Burke | Cafaro | Coley | Eklund |
| Gardner | Gentile | Hite | Hughes |
| Jones | Jordan | Kearney | LaRose |
| Lehner | Manning | Obhof | Oelslager |
| Patton | Peterson | Sawyer | Schaffer |
| Schiavoni | Seitz | Skindell | Smith |
| Taveres | Turner | Uecker | Widener |
| Faber | |||
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