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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035     January 30, 2012

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.C.R. 4, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON BREAST CANCER SCREENING, by Senator K. Mayne, with the following amendments and recommends it be considered read for the second time and placed on the Consent Calendar.

1.    Page 1, Lines 10 through 14 :    

             10          This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor urges women ages 40
             11      years old and older to receive breast cancer screening once each year that, at a
             12      minimum, consists of a mammogram

{   and urges that all insurance programs in the state

             13      of Utah provide breast cancer screening to include mammograms and other physician
             14      recommended screening tests, with minimum or no co-payments or out-of-pocket costs  
}
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2.    Page 1, Lines 19 through 25 :    

             19          .    urges women aged 40 and older to be annually screened for breast cancer including,
             20      at a minimum, a mammogram;
  and      

             21          .    recognizes the importance of public programs that provide breast cancer screening
             22      to uninsured women who cannot afford to be screened
{   ; and


             23
         .    urges all insurance programs in the state of Utah to provide for breast cancer
             24      screening to include mammograms and other physician recommended screening
             25      tests, with minimum or no co-payments or out-of-pocket costs  
}
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3.    Page 2, Lines 55 through 58 :    

             55          
{   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor encourage all

             56      insurance programs in the state of Utah to provide for breast cancer screening to include
             57      mammograms and other physician recommended screening tests, with minimum or no
             58      co-payments or out-of-pocket costs.  
}


        Respectfully,

        Allen M. Christensen
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-0-1
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