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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SF 440: Relating to patients’ written consent to a medical or surgical procedure

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 it does

This bill relates to a patient’s written consent to a medical or surgical procedure. The bill requires the written consent to acknowledge that the physician performing the procedure has informed the patient of the physician’s experience in performing the procedure including (1) the approximate number of times the physician has performed the procedure, (2) the protocols in effect at the time of the procedure, and (3) educational background regarding the procedure.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 2, 2023

  • Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 27, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. March 2, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Donahue

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF440