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WV HB2672
Bill
Status
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Elliott Pritt
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AI Summary
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Requires the West Virginia Board of Medicine to create rules mandating that hospitals and health care facilities send notices to all current or former patients who received medical or surgical procedures while under age 18
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Notices must inform these individuals that if they experience any negative or adverse effects from procedures performed during childhood, they should contact the provider to report the issue
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The notification requirement applies once the former minor patient reaches 18 years of age
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The Board of Medicine must work in cooperation with hospitals and health care facilities licensed under state health care facility regulations to implement these notification requirements
Legislative Description
Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue
Health
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
2/20/2025