An Act providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations

Summary

The bill adds rules that a patient or their representative must give written consent before a breast, genital, pelvic, prostate, or rectal exam is performed on an anesthetized, deeply sedated, or unconscious person, unless it is an emergency. It also gives patients the right to request a medical chaperone, and health‑care organizations must try to provide one matching the patient’s gender identity. The Department of Public Health will issue regulations and consent forms to enforce these standards.

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