· May 9, 2013

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
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