BILL NUMBER: SB 1538	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian
    (   Principal   coauthors:  
Senators   Alquist   and Runner   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Berryhill,   Calderon,   Cannella,  
Corbett,   Correa,   De Len,  
DeSaulnier,   Dutton,   Emmerson,  
Fuller,   Gaines,   Hancock,   Harman,
  Huff,   Liu,   Lowenthal,  
Negrete McLeod,   Padilla,   Price,  
Rubio,   Steinberg,   Strickland,  
Vargas,   Walters,   Wolk,  and Wright
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Allen,   Beall,
  Bill Berryhill,   Block,   Bonilla,
  Brownley,   Butler,   Campos,  
Carter,   Cedillo,   Davis,   Dickinson,
  Eng,   Feuer,   Fletcher, 
Fong,   Gatto,   Hagman,   Hall, 
 Roger Hernndez,   Hill,   Huber,  
Hueso,   Huffman,   Logue,   Bonnie
Lowenthal,   Ma,   Mansoor,   Mitchell,
  Nestande,   Nielsen,   Portantino, 
 Skinner,   Smyth,   Solorio,  
Swanson,   Torres,   Wieckowski,  
Williams,   and Yamada   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

    An act to amend Section 116355 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to drinking water.   An act to add and
repeal Section 123222.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
mammograms. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1538, as amended, Simitian.  Drinking water: Safe
Drinking Water Plan for California.   Health care:
mammograms.  
   Existing law requires specified information to be provided to
patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a
written report of the results of each mammography examination and
requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a
specified time period.  
   This bill, from April 1, 2013, until January 1, 2019, would
require, under specified circumstances, a health facility at which a
mammography examination is performed to include in the summary of the
written report that is sent to the patient a prescribed notice on
breast density.  
   The Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 requires the
State Department of Public Health to, among other things, adopt
regulations relating to primary and secondary drinking water
standards for contaminants in drinking water. Under this law the
department is required every 5 years to submit to the Legislature a
comprehensive Safe Drinking Water Plan for California, including
specific components.  
   This bill would require the department to include in the plan a
discussion of current and post bond moneys available and spent to
improve California's water quality and an accounting of which water
systems received bond moneys and the types of projects that were
funded. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 123222.3 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   123222.3.  (a) A health facility at which a mammography
examination is performed shall, if a patient is categorized by the
facility as having heterogeneously dense breasts or extremely dense
breasts, based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System
established by the American College of Radiology, include in the
summary of the written report that is sent to the patient, as
required by federal law, the following notice:
   "Because your mammogram demonstrates that you have dense breast
tissue, which could hide small abnormalities, you might benefit from
supplementary screening tests, depending on your individual risk
factors. A report of your mammography results, which contains
information about your breast density, has been sent to your
physician's office and you should contact your physician if you have
any questions or concerns about this notice."
   (b) This section shall become operative on April 1, 2013.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create or impose
liability on a health care facility for failing to comply with the
requirements of this section prior to April 1, 2013.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 116355 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   116355.  (a) Once every five years the department shall submit to
the Legislature a comprehensive Safe Drinking Water Plan for
California.
   (b) The Safe Drinking Water Plan shall include, but not be limited
to, the following information:
   (1) An analysis of the overall quality of California's drinking
water and the identification of specific water quality problems.
   (2) Types and levels of contaminants found in public drinking
water systems that have less than 10,000 service connections. The
discussion of these water systems shall include the following:
   (A) Estimated costs of requiring these systems to meet primary
drinking water standards and public health goals.
   (B) Recommendations for actions that could be taken by the
Legislature, the department, and these systems to improve water
quality.
   (3) A discussion and analysis of the known and potential health
risks that may be associated with drinking water contamination in
California.
   (4) An evaluation of how existing water quality information
systems currently maintained by local or state agencies can be more
effectively used to protect drinking water.
   (5) An evaluation of the research needed to develop inexpensive
methods and instruments to ensure better screening and detection of
waterborne chemicals, and inexpensive detection methods that could be
used by small utilities and consumers to detect harmful microbial
agents in drinking water.
   (6) An analysis of the technical and economic viability and the
health benefits of various treatment techniques that can be used to
reduce levels of trihalomethanes, lead, nitrates, synthetic organic
chemicals, micro-organisms, and other contaminants in drinking water.

   (7) A discussion of alternative methods of financing the
construction, installation, and operation of new treatment
technologies, including, but not limited to user charges, state or
local taxes, state planning and construction grants, loans, and loan
guarantees.
   (8) A discussion of sources of revenue presently available, and
projected to be available, to public water systems to meet current
and future expenses.
   (9) A discussion of current and post bond moneys available and
spent to improve California's water quality and an accounting of
which water systems received bond moneys and the types of projects
that were funded.
   (10) An analysis of the current cost of drinking water paid by
residential, business, and industrial consumers based on a statewide
survey of large, medium, and small public water systems.
   (11) Specific recommendations, including recommendations developed
pursuant to paragraph (6), to improve the quality of drinking water
in California and a detailed five-year implementation program.