| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0048/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | KMS:emw |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 14 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 3, 2025 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, CARPENTER, HABUSH SINYKIN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, KEYESKI, RATCLIFF, SPREITZER and LARSON, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Representatives GOEBEN, SUBECK, ALLEN, ANDERSON, |
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| 8 | 8 | | BEHNKE, BRILL, BROOKS, DITTRICH, KIRSCH, KNODL, MAXEY, MURPHY, |
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| 9 | 9 | | MURSAU, NEYLON, RODRIGUEZ, TUSLER and WICHGERS. Referred to |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on Health. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to create 50.373 of the statutes; relating to: pelvic exams on |
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| 14 | 14 | | unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital |
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| 15 | 15 | | requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 17 | 17 | | This bill requires hospitals to ensure written informed consent is obtained |
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| 18 | 18 | | from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on |
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| 19 | 19 | | the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The bill also creates a Department of Health Services rule providing that hospitals |
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| 21 | 21 | | must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent |
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| 22 | 22 | | to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for |
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| 23 | 23 | | educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia |
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| 24 | 24 | | or otherwise unconscious. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 26 | 26 | | enact as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. 50.373 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 50.373 Informed consent for pelvic examinations. A hospital shall 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 29 | 29 | | SENATE BILL 14 |
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| 30 | 30 | | - 2 - LRB-0048/1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | KMS:emw |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ensure that, before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational |
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| 34 | 34 | | purposes on a patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise |
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| 35 | 35 | | unconscious, written informed consent is obtained from the patient. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. DHS 124.10 of the administrative code is created to read: |
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| 37 | 37 | | DHS 124.10 Consent policy for pelvic examinations performed for |
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| 38 | 38 | | educational purposes. A hospital shall maintain written policies and procedures |
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| 39 | 39 | | requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic |
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| 40 | 40 | | examination is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the |
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| 41 | 41 | | patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after |
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| 43 | 43 | | publication, except as follows: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) The creation of s. DHS 124.10, Wis. Adm. Code, takes effect as provided in |
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| 45 | 45 | | s. 227.265. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (END) |
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