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IN HB1326
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Summers
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AI Summary
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Physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, and certified direct entry midwives must provide pregnant women with written information about their patient rights before providing primary obstetric services, except in emergencies
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Enumerated patient rights include asking health care questions, choosing providers, refusing services or procedures, being accompanied by a doula, submitting a birth plan, and receiving information about delivery services and costs
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Labor-specific rights include mobility during labor, choosing who is present, refusing episiotomy, delaying cord cutting, banking cord blood, keeping the placenta, and refusing labor-inducing medications
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Health care providers must obtain a signed acknowledgment that the patient received the written rights information and maintain it in the medical record
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Indiana State Department of Health must establish an educational program to inform women about their pregnancy-related health care rights
Legislative Description
Patient rights for pregnant women. Requires certain health care providers providing obstetric services to a pregnant woman to provide the woman with written information concerning the pregnant woman's rights for pregnancy care. Requires the state department of health to establish a program to educate women on a woman's rights when pregnant.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/14/2019