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Louisiana House asks health department to study lowering mammogram age to 30 after lengthy debate
Summary
The Louisiana House on May 27 adopted HCR 44 asking the Department of Health to study lowering the recommended age for routine mammogram screening from 40 to 30, rejecting an amendment that would have required the department to consider non‑radiation screening alternatives.
The Louisiana House of Representatives on May 27 adopted a concurrent resolution asking the Louisiana Department of Health to study changing the state recommendation for routine mammogram screening from age 40 to age 30.
The measure, HCR 44, is a request that directs LDH to examine whether the state should lower the recommended age for screening mammography. Representative Paula Boyd, the resolution sponsor, told the House the measure responds to accounts of women being diagnosed younger than current guidelines indicate.
Supporters said the resolution is a fact‑finding request, not a mandate. "This is just a request. This is an HCR — just a request," Boyd said on the floor…
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