Bill Text: VA SB331 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Hysterectomies and oophorectomies; DHP shall review informed consent requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-04 - Left in Health and Human Services [SB331 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB331-Comm_Sub.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 331
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on February 1, 2024)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stuart)
A BILL to direct the Department of Health Professions to
review and make recommendations regarding informed consent requirements for
hysterectomies and oophorectomies.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Health Professions shall, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, review the informed consent requirements surrounding a physician who recommends or performs a hysterectomy or an oophorectomy and determine if any regulations are needed regarding the educational information that is provided to a patient, as part of the informed consent process, in advance of undergoing such surgeries. The Department of Health Professions shall report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.
