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Committee advances bill requiring explicit consent for sensitive exams performed under anesthesia
Summary
The Health Finance and Policy Committee voted to re‑refer House File 2371, a bill that would require patients to give explicit consent before students perform pelvic or prostate exams on anesthetized patients, sending the measure to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee for further drafting and review.
The Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 21 voted to re‑refer House File 2371 to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee after members debated language that would require explicit patient consent before students perform pelvic or prostate exams while a patient is under anesthesia.
Representatives Tina Liebling reached out with proposed technical changes over the weekend and the bill authors said they will work with her before the bill’s next stop. Representative Kelly Robbins (author) and Representative Emma Berg (co‑author) told the committee the bill is intended to make explicit what many medical ethicists and patient advocates describe as best practice: obtaining informed consent for sensitive “educational” exams even when a patient is unconscious.
Molly Montagu…
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