HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2928        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2267

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mindy Domb and Kimberly N. Ferguson

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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 prohibiting non consensual pelvic examinations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/8/2021

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/18/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/19/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/22/2021

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/22/2021

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

2/22/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/23/2021

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/24/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/24/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

2/25/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/26/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/26/2021

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/26/2021

Sally P. Kerans

13th Essex

2/26/2021

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

3/4/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/15/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

5/5/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

5/25/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

8/23/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

9/22/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2928        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2267

By Representatives Domb of Amherst and Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2267) of Mindy Domb, Kimberly N. Ferguson and others for legislation to further regulate pelvic examinations.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act prohibiting non consensual pelvic examinations.

 

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

Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding after Section 70H the following new section:-

SECTION 70I. A health care provider or a student undertaking a course of professional instruction or a clinical training program, may not 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.