SCR 37 — HEALTH CARE: Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent.

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37 BY SENATOR FESI HEALTHA CARE.CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To request the surgeon general to review Louisiana's informed consent laws and submit a report to the legislature on whether any gaps exist in current laws.

Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To request the surgeon general to review Louisiana's informed consent laws and submit a report to the legislature on whether any gaps exist in current laws.

and WHEREAS, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as amended, createdtheNationalVaccineInjuryCompensationProgram,createdtheNationalVaccineInjuryCompensationProgram,in inresponsetoresponseto lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers and healthcare providers that threatened to causevaccine shortages and reduce vaccination rates;

and WHEREAS, Louisiana has uniform consent laws and medical consent laws as Pageprovided 1for ofin 3R.S. SLS 26RS-1256 ENGROSSED SCR NO.

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and WHEREAS,theLouisianaMedicalDisclosurePanelisestablishedinR.S.40:1157.2 to determine which risks and hazards related to medical care and surgical procedures must be disclosed bya physician or other healthcare provider to a patient or person authorized to consentconsentforapatientandto forestablish athe patientandtogeneralform establishthegeneralformandand substance of suchsuchdisclosure;and disclosure;Page 1 of 2 SCR NO.

and37 ENROLLED WHEREAS, the panel is required to prepare separate lists of those medical treatments and surgical procedures that do and do not require disclosure and, for those treatments and procedures that do require disclosure, establish the degree of disclosure required and the form in which the disclosure will be made;

and WHEREAS, the Medical Disclosure Panel has not met since 2018, leavingleavingthe the state without a mechanism to update medical and surgical procedures that require disclosure.

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37 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SCR 37 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Fesi Requests the surgeon general to review Louisiana's informed consent laws and submit a report to the legislature on whether any gaps exist in current law and recommendations for updates to Louisiana's informed consent process.

Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed bySenate Committee on Health and Welfare to the original bill 1.

Broadens the scope of the report.

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