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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 127

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Relating to: requiring informed consent before performing a pelvic exam on a patient who is under general anesthesia or unconscious.

Hospitals and health care facilities Medical education Nurses Physician Women

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires hospitals to have and enforce a policy requiring written and

verbal informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a medical student, a

nursing student, any person providing nursing care, or any other person authorized

to perform pelvic examinations may perform a pelvic examination on a patient who

is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. Under the bill, every hospital

must also inform medical students, nursing students, persons providing nursing

care, other persons authorized to perform pelvic examinations, and physicians

supervising any of these individuals of the informed consent policy and must take

appropriate action to discipline any individual who violates the policy or instructs

a medical student, a nursing student, or a person providing nursing care to conduct

an examination in violation of the policy.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Nass (R) , Roys (D)

22 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cabrera (D) , J. Rodriguez (R) , Kerkman (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Plumer and Dittrich , Shankland (D) , Sinicki and Hesselbein , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Vining (D) , Vorpagel (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Carpenter, Larson, Nass and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Brandtjen, Allen, Bowen, Cabrera, Kerkman, Moses, Murphy, J. Rodriguez, Shankland, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Subeck, Tittl, Vorpagel, Wichgers and Spreitzer

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Jul 29, 2021 · Senate

    Representatives Plumer and Dittrich added as cosponsors

  4. Aug 18, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Mursau added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  6. Mar 1, 2022 · Senate

    Representatives Sinicki and Hesselbein added as cosponsors

  7. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1