Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to consent to a hysterectomy
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 Adult women or those married as minors can legally decide for themselves if they want to have a hysterectomy. Doctors are not allowed to require permission from anyone else, such as a husband, before performing this 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.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 413 Relating to consent to a hysterectomy89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 684 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 684 Relating to consent to a hysterectomy89th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
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