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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0796 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001422 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Murray, Valverde, Gu, Lawson, Sosnowski, Urso, and Vargas |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 14, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Dept. of Health) |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 23-11-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-11 entitled "Sexually 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Transmitted Diseases" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 23-11-8. Blood test of pregnant women. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | It shall be the duty of every physician, midwife, physician assistant and nurse practitioner 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | engaged in prenatal attendance upon a pregnant woman to obtain a blood specimen of that pregnant 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | woman within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit and again obtain a blood specimen 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | during the third trimester. That blood specimen These blood specimens shall be submitted to the 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | laboratory of the state department of health, or to a laboratory approved by the department, for the 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | performance of a Wassermann or other standard laboratory blood test for syphilis. Any violation 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and that physician shall be fined 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 41 | 41 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 42 | 42 | | OF |
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| 43 | 43 | | A N A C T |
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| 44 | 44 | | RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES |
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| 45 | 45 | | *** |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act would provide a duty upon midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to obtain a blood specimen of pregnant women within thirty (30) days after the first professional 2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | visit and during the third trimester. 3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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