HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3835        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1991

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise Provost

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to assure informed consent for pelvic examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/21/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/23/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/30/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/23/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3835        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1991

By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1991) of Denise Provost and others relative to informed consent for pelvic examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to assure informed consent for pelvic examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 70E of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, 2016 official edition, is hereby amended in subsection (l), by adding, after the phrase, “ to informed consent to the extent provided by law;” the following language:

“provided that no physician or surgeon, nor any student undertaking a course of professional instruction or a clinical training program, may perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious  patient unless the patient has given specific informed consent in writing to the pelvic examination; or the performance of a pelvic examination is within the scope of care for the surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to be performed on the patient or, in the case of an unconscious patient, the pelvic examination is required for diagnostic purposes.”