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| To enact section 3727.60 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require a hospital to provide information | 2 |
| regarding breast reconstruction to a patient | 3 |
| before obtaining the patient's consent for a | 4 |
| mastectomy, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 3727.60 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3727.60. Before obtaining a patient's consent to a | 8 |
| mastectomy, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy, a hospital shall | 9 |
| provide all of the following to the patient in writing: | 10 |
| (A) Descriptions of the various breast reconstruction options | 11 |
| and the advantages and disadvantages of each option; | 12 |
| (B) Information on how breast reconstructive surgery can be | 13 |
| obtained, including information on obtaining the surgery at the | 14 |
| same hospital, if the hospital provides the surgery, and | 15 |
| information on obtaining the surgery at another facility; | 16 |
| (C) Information on the timing of the reconstructive surgery, | 17 |
| including the option of waiting until any chemotherapy or | 18 |
| radiation treatments have been completed; | 19 |
| (D) An explanation of the availability of health insurance | 20 |
| coverage for breast reconstruction and related services pursuant | 21 |
| to the federal "Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998," 112 | 22 |
| Stat. 2681-436 (1998), 29 U.S.C. 1185b, as amended; | 23 |
| (E) Any other information the director of health considers | 24 |
| appropriate with respect to breast reconstruction. | 25 |