Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1339 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1339
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 25-22.5-6-2.2.
7	7	Synopsis: Hysterectomy and oophorectomy informed consent.
8	8	Requires a physician to provide certain information to a patient and
9	9	obtain oral and written consent before a hysterectomy or an
10	10	oophorectomy may be performed. Allows for an exception in an
11	11	emergency. Allows for the modification of an informed consent form
12	12	by the patient and specifies requirements for the modification.
13	13	Effective: July 1, 2025.
14	14	Borders
15	15	January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
16	16	2025 IN 1339—LS 7220/DI 104 Introduced
17	17	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
18	18	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
19	19	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
20	20	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
21	21	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
22	22	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
23	23	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
24	24	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
25	25	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
26	26	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
27	27	HOUSE BILL No. 1339
28	28	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
29	29	professions and occupations.
30	30	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
31	31	1 SECTION 1. IC 25-22.5-6-2.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
32	32	2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
33	33	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2.2. (a) Except as provided in
34	34	4 subsection (c), when a physician recommends a hysterectomy or an
35	35	5 oophorectomy, the physician shall obtain oral and written
36	36	6 informed consent from the patient. The informed consent
37	37	7 procedure must ensure that the following information is given to
38	38	8 the patient at least two (2) weeks before the surgery is scheduled:
39	39	9 (1) Notice that the individual is free to withhold or withdraw
40	40	10 consent to the procedure at any time before the hysterectomy
41	41	11 or oophorectomy without affecting the right to future care or
42	42	12 treatment and without loss or withdrawal of any state or
43	43	13 federally funded program benefits to which the individual
44	44	14 might be otherwise entitled.
45	45	15 (2) A copy of the DVD entitled "Female Anatomy: The
46	46	16 Functions of the Female Organs" produced by the
47	47	17 Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS)
48	48	2025 IN 1339—LS 7220/DI 104 2
49	49	1 Foundation, including a printed transcript of the text of the
50	50	2 DVD.
51	51	3 (3) A copy of the pamphlet entitled "An Introduction to
52	52	4 Hysterectomy: What Every Woman Needs to Know"
53	53	5 produced by the HERS Foundation.
54	54	6 (4) A color copy of the following diagrams:
55	55	7 (A) The female pelvic organs.
56	56	8 (B) Supporting structures of the female pelvic organs.
57	57	9 (C) Nerve supply to the uterus and ovaries.
58	58	10 (D) Arteries and veins that provide blood supply to the
59	59	11 female pelvic organs.
60	60	12 (b) The patient shall sign a written statement before the
61	61	13 hysterectomy or oophorectomy is performed, indicating the patient
62	62	14 has read the written information provided under subsection (a),
63	63	15 and that this information has been discussed by the patient and the
64	64	16 surgeon. The informed consent statement must indicate that the
65	65	17 patient has been advised by the patient's surgeon that the effects of
66	66	18 the hysterectomy are irreversible and the patient will be unable to
67	67	19 conceive. A patient may modify the consent form to require the
68	68	20 surgeon to stop the surgery and suture any open wounds under
69	69	21 specified circumstances. If the consent form is modified under this
70	70	22 subsection:
71	71	23 (1) any modification to the consent form must be
72	72	24 acknowledged with the initials of both the patient and the
73	73	25 surgeon on the consent form; and
74	74	26 (2) the surgeon shall provide the patient with a written copy
75	75	27 of the modified consent form with the acknowledgment
76	76	28 required under subdivision (1).
77	77	29 (c) The informed consent procedure under this section is not
78	78	30 required when the hysterectomy is performed in a life threatening
79	79	31 emergency situation in which the physician determines prior
80	80	32 written informed consent is not possible.
81	81	33 (d) If, after a hearing, the board finds that a physician or
82	82	34 surgeon has not complied with this section, the physician is subject
83	83	35 to disciplinary sanctions under IC 25-1-9.
84	84	2025 IN 1339—LS 7220/DI 104