Bill Text: VA HB1340 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Virginia House Bill 1340 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Breast implant patient decision checklist; Board of Medicine to develop.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services [HB1340 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB1340-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1340 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Health and Human Services on January 30, 2024) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Glass) A BILL to direct the Board of Medicine to develop a patient decision checklist for patients considering breast implants.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Medicine shall develop a patient decision checklist for patients considering breast implants. Such checklist shall comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements for checklists distributed by breast implant manufacturers. Such checklist shall include information on the risks of potential complications from breast implants, potential development of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, increased chance of development of certain autoimmune and connective tissue diseases, and other systemic symptoms associated with breast implants. It shall also include information about aesthetic flat closure as an alternative to breast implants.