Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to consent to a hysterectomy
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health careReproductive rights
Same legislation: HF 413
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Women who are adults or married can legally decide for themselves if they want to have a hysterectomy. Doctors cannot require a woman to get permission from anyone else, like a husband, before performing the surgery.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to consent to a hysterectomy. The bill provides that a woman who is years of age or older or who has attained majority by marriage shall have legal capacity to provide informed consent to a hysterectomy. Additionally, a health care professional shall not condition the provision of medical care or services to a woman for a hysterectomy on the obtaining of consent to the hysterectomy from any other person including the woman’s spouse.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2021. On March 16, 2021 it recommended passage.
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Similar bills
- HF 212 Relating to consent to a hysterectomy90th General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
Matched by wording or an identical title.