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Committee sends mammography quality‑assurance bill to consent with favorable recommendation

2249617 · February 7, 2025

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Summary

HB 146, which updates screening and diagnostic mammography certification, notification and quality‑assurance procedures, advanced from the committee with a favorable recommendation and was placed on the consent calendar.

A sponsor described HB 146 to the Human Services Standing Committee as a technical and conforming update to mammography statutes that adds quality‑assurance standards, notification procedures for abnormal results, and a certification process for facilities performing screening or diagnostic mammography.

The sponsor said the changes would standardize quality requirements, enable periodic reporting and allow the state to set fees and revoke certification where necessary. “It really is basically a cleanup and making it better for the space around cancer screening,” the sponsor told the committee during the hearing.

Committee members heard no public testimony opposing the changes. Senator Escamilla moved the bill out of committee with a favorable recommendation; members then placed HB 146 on the consent calendar.

The committee recorded the passage by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was provided in the transcript. Committee discussion was brief and focused on the bill’s technical nature and the intent to improve patient notification and facility oversight.