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2013 SESSION

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HB 1933 Lyme disease; written information to patient when ordering laboratory test for presence of disease.

Introduced by: Barbara J. Comstock | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires physicians to provide to each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered a written notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need for the patient to contact his physician with questions or concerns about Lyme disease. The bill also provides that licensees are immune from civil liability for providing such notice absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires the Department of Health to update its website to contain a notice regarding the accuracy of lab tests for Lyme disease and the potential for false negative results of such testing, and to make such information available to physicians in the Commonwealth for distribution to patients. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2015.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires physicians to provide each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered with a notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need to contact his physician with questions or concerns about Lyme disease.