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Sponsor frames breast‑reduction measure as clarifying option for minors; lawmakers press for clinical detail
Summary
Sen. Tara Reardon presented SB 520 arguing a constituent's lifelong outcomes justify clarifying law to allow breast‑reduction surgery for some minors in consultation with physicians and parents. Representatives pressed whether existing macromastia exceptions already cover these cases.
Sen. Tara Reardon told the House Health Committee SB 520 responds to constituent testimony describing how an elective breast‑reduction in adolescence transformed a life. Reardon said the bill would add statutory language to allow a minor, in consultation with a primary care physician and parent, to elect a breast‑reduction procedure in narrowly defined circumstances.
Committee members asked whether current RSA exceptions for symptomatic…
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