Over 5400 Hoosiers are diagnosed with Breast Cancer every year. Over 900 of us die.* Hoosier Breast Cancer Advocates are on a mission
to change this statistic and save lives by supporting bi-partisan legislation that positively impacts the Breast Cancer Community in Indiana.
* Indiana Cancer Consortium 2021 Data
HOUSE BILL No. 1058
sponsored by State Representative Sharon Negele (Republican, District 13)
Synopsis: Breast tissue density. Requires a facility performing a mammography examination to provide: (1) an assessment of the patient's breast tissue density in a specified classifications;(2)written notice to the patient and the referring provider; and (3) concerning the notice to the patient, specified notification language depending on whether the facility determined the patient to have dense breast tissue or not dense breast tissue. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to amend an administrative code rule to remove references to
"high breast density" and to align with the breast tissue density classifications in this act. Effective: July 1, 2024.
HOUSE BILL No. 1114
sponsored by State Representative Cherrish Pryor (Democrat, House District 94)
Synopsis: Coverage for cancerscreening and prescriptions. Requires a state employee health plan to cover supplemental breast examinations.Requires a policyof accident and sicknessinsurance and a health maintenance organization to cover diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations. Providesthat the coverage of diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations may not be subject to any cost sharing requirements. Prohibits a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization that provides coverage for advanced, metastatic cancer and associated conditions from requiring that, before providing coverage of a prescription drug, the insured fail to successfullyrespond to a different prescription drug or prove a historyoffailure of a different prescription drug. Effective: July 1, 2024.
