Virginia House Bill 2286 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Abortion; informed written consent. Provides that a woman seeking an abortion may waive in writing any requirement establishing a mandatory time period or mandating that a physician provide to or review with the woman specific information or materials before an abortion may be performed. The bill requires that a copy of such waiver be maintained in the woman's medical records. The bill also provides that, regardless of any waiver, a physician is still obligated to satisfy the applicable standard of care.

Abortion; informed written consent.

Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-11	House	Presented and ordered printed 17103735D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	76	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2286
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2286+hil