Bill > S1485

This bill, titled "Providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations," aims to prohibit nonconsensual intimate examinations of patients who are under anesthesia or otherwise unconscious, a practice that could occur during medical procedures. The bill clarifies that such examinations are only permissible if they are medically necessary and have been consented to by the patient prior to becoming unconscious, or if they are conducted by a law enforcement official with a warrant. The legislation is intended to protect vulnerable patients and ensure that sensitive medical examinations are conducted ethically and with proper authorization, with specific provisions outlining when Subsection (b) of Section 1 will take effect and the overall effective date of the act itself.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1485