New York Laws
Title 1 - General Provisions
2404-C - Breast Cancer; Duty of Providers of Mammography Services to Notify and Inform.

§ 2404-c. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to
notify and inform. Every provider of mammography services shall, if a
patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide
notification to such patient that shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information, in any summary of the mammography report
sent, pursuant to the federal mammography quality standards act, to the
patient:

Your mammogram shows that your breast tissue is dense. Dense breast
tissue is very common and is not abnormal. However, dense breast tissue
can make it harder to find cancer on a mammogram and may also be
associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

This information about the result of your mammogram is given to you to
raise your awareness. Use this information to talk to your doctor about
your own risks for breast cancer. At that time, ask your doctor if more
screening tests might be useful, based on your risk. A report of your
results was sent to your physician.

For the purposes of this section dense breast tissue shall mean
heterogeneously dense or extremely dense tissue as defined in nationally
recognized guidelines or systems for breast imaging reporting of
mammography screening, including, but not limited to, the breast imaging
reporting and data system of the American College of Radiology, and any
equivalent new terms, as such guidelines or systems are updated.