Richard Stuart
- Republican
- Senator
- District 25
Primary
Department of Health Professions; informed consent requirements for hysterectomies and oophorectomies; review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review and make recommendations regarding informed consent requirements for hysterectomies and oophorectomies. The bill directs the Department of Health Professions to report its findings and recommendations to the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.
Physicians; informed consent; disclosure ofcertain information prior to hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Requires physicians to obtain informed consent from a patient prior to performinga hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Prior to obtaining informed consent,physicians must inform the patient of the patient's freedom to withholdor withdraw consent, refer the patient to the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation, and provide the patientwith anatomical diagrams relevant to the procedure. The bill allowsphysicians to forego obtaining informed consent when a hysterectomy or oophorectomy is performed in a life-threatening emergency situation.
Left in Health and Human Services
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Referred from Rules
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Rules
Read first time
Impact statement from DPB (SB331S1)
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Reading of substitute waived
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to 24105631D-S1
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB331S1
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 24105631D-S1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Impact statement from DPB (SB331)
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101973D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101973D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24105631D-S1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB331FS1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB331F122.PDF |
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