Delaware House Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on September 10 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-09-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act prohibits a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination by a health care practitioner or professional on an individual who is anesthetized or unconscious. This Act provides exceptions and they are if informed consent is provided, the examination is for diagnostic or treatment purposes, an emergency exists and the examination is necessary, or the examination is ordered by a court. The Act also defines informed consent as a signing of a consent form that is written in plain language, is dated, includes a description of the procedure to be performed and states that a medical student or resident may perform or be present during the examination. Finally, this Act provides that a health-care practitioner or professional who violates the section may be subject to discipline by the appropriate professional licensing board.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Informed Consent.

Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2019-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-06-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-10		Signed by Governor
2019-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2019-06-30		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2019-06-21		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2019-06-20		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2019-06-20		Amendment HA 1 to HB 239 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2019-06-20		Amendment HA 1 to HB 239 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2019-06-19		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits
2019-06-18		Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2019-06-18		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47750
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47750&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB239
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=23830&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41027
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41253