Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00016 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/10/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 337   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 16  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 337 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING AN UNAUTHORIZED PELVIC EXAM ON A 
WOMAN WHO IS UNDER DEEP SEDATION OR ANESTHESIA. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit anyone from 1 
performing a pelvic examination on a woman who has been 2 
administered deep sedation or general anesthesia without the woman's 3 
prior knowledge of and consent for such examination. 4 
Statement of Purpose:   
To prevent unauthorized pelvic examinations on woman who have 
been administered deep sedation or anesthesia.