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2024 SESSION

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HB 217 Hysterectomies and oophorectomies; DHP shall review informed consent requirements.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Physicians; informed consent; disclosure of certain information prior to hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Requires physicians to obtain informed consent from a patient prior to performing a hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Prior to obtaining informed consent, physicians must inform the patient of the patient's freedom to withhold or withdraw consent, refer the patient to the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation, and provide the patient with anatomical diagrams relevant to the procedure. The bill allows physicians to forgo obtaining informed consent when a hysterectomy or oophorectomy is performed in a life-threatening emergency situation.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100541D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/23/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24105658D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100541D
• 01/04/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
• 01/18/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/23/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
• 01/23/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24105658D-H1
• 01/25/24  House: Read first time
• 01/26/24  House: Read second time
• 01/26/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105658D-H1
• 01/26/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB217H1
• 01/29/24  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/30/24  House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (51-Y 49-N)
• 01/30/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N)
• 01/30/24  House: Rereferred to Health and Human Services
• 02/13/24  House: Left in Health and Human Services