HARRISBURG — Diagnostic imaging firms that provide services on an outpatient basis in Pennsylvania would have to directly notify the patients or their designees of any significant abnormalities under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives.

The House voted 196-to-1 to give the bill final approval Monday. It now moves to the Senate. The bill would require notification at the time of service or within a certain period after the results were mailed to the health-care provider.

The sponsor, Rep. Marguerite Quinn, said she knows of two people who might still be alive if the bill were in effect. The Bucks County Republican said medical test results belong to the patient.