Colo. Senate Democrats: Senate Approves Winter & Jaquez Lewis Bill to Ensure Patient Consent Protections for Intimate Exams
April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023
DENVER, Colorado, April 21 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 20, 2023:
Today the Senate approved Senators Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Sonya Jaquez Lewis', D-Longmont, bill to enact patient consent protections for intimate exams.
HB23-1077 would require health care professionals, students, medical residents and trainees to obtain informed consent from patients before performing intimate examinations, unless in emergency situ . . .
Today the Senate approved Senators Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Sonya Jaquez Lewis', D-Longmont, bill to enact patient consent protections for intimate exams.
HB23-1077 would require health care professionals, students, medical residents and trainees to obtain informed consent from patients before performing intimate examinations, unless in emergency situ . . .