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Committee advances bill requiring explicit consent for 'sensitive' exams while patients are anesthetized
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Representative Robbins, the bill sponsor, told the Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 21 that House File 2371 would require patients to give explicit consent before students perform pelvic or prostate exams while the patient is under anesthesia.
Representative Robbins, the bill sponsor, told the Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 21 that House File 2371 would require patients to give explicit consent before students perform pelvic or prostate exams while the patient is under anesthesia. "This is a very simple bill," Representative Robbins said. "It would require that patients give consent before undergoing anesthetized procedures under which they could have a pelvic or a prostate exam performed on them by students who are learning how to be physicians."
The bill’s supporters framed the measure as a patient‑safety and consent reform. Molly Montague, director of state legislative affairs for RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), urged the committee to support HF 2371, saying callers to…
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