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House adopts resolution urging LDH to study lowering mammogram age to 30 after contentious floor debate
Summary
The Louisiana House on May 27 adopted HCR 44, a resolution asking the Department of Health to study lowering the recommended starting age for screening mammograms to 30. Lawmakers debated an amendment about alternative screening modalities; the amendment failed and the resolution passed 99–2.
The Louisiana House of Representatives adopted a resolution Tuesday asking the Louisiana Department of Health to study changing the recommended starting age for screening mammograms from 40 to 30.
Representative Frances Boyd, sponsor of HCR 44, told members on the floor the measure “is simply requesting LDH to lower the age for mammogram testing to 30.” The resolution does not change state law; it asks LDH to examine the feasibility and implications of an earlier screening age.
The floor debate focused on the tradeoffs of screening…
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