Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: April 16, 2025 Contact: Kelly McGraw, Staff Attorney
2025 Assembly Bill 11
Assembly
Amendment 1
2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 11
2025 Assembly Bill 11 requires that a hospital must ensure that written informed consent is obtained
from a patient before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient
while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
The bill also creates a Department of Health Services (DHS) administrative rule providing that a
hospital must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be
obtained from a patient before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational purposes on the
patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 removes the DHS administrative rule from the administrative code, and
instead places that exact provision within state statutes.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Goeben offered Assembly Amendment 1 on February 12, 2025. On February 13, 2025,
the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care recommended adoption of Assembly
Amendment 1 on a vote of Ayes, 15; Noes, 0; and voted to recommend passage of the bill, as amended,
on a vote of Ayes, 15; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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