California is one step closer to a first-in-the-nation law that would require doctors to notify patients if they’ve been on probation for sexual misconduct.
The bill is championed by the victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
“I am labeled a victim, although I feel most like a survivor,” said former MSU softball player Tiffany Thomas (1997-2000).
Three women abused by Nassar testified on Tuesday in front of members of an assembly committee.
“I was, as well as Tiffany and Jeanette, a victim of sexual assault by Larry Nassar,” said Jamie Dantzscher, 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Artistic Gymnastics.
It’s not just about what happened to them, but in how to change the system.
“All we’re asking for is to just give knowledge, give patients the knowledge and allow them to make the decisions for themselves,” said Thomas.
Dantzscher, Thomas, and former Team USA Gymnast Jeanette Antolin are supporting the Patient’s Right to Know Act.
California could become the first state to require doctors on probation for sexual misconduct or any other serious professional misconduct to notify their patients.
Those serious professional misconduct charges would include criminal convictions involving harm to a patient’s health or safety.
The bill is by State Senator Jerry Hill, who had authored similar but unsuccessful bills over the last three years.
“The disclosure of the problems are becoming more obvious. I don’t know if the situation has been this bad in the past but now there’s more attention to it,” said Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo).
The bill passed in the Senate in May and on Tuesday officially passed its latest hurdle — nearly unanimously passing out of an assembly committee.
It heads off to another assembly committee.
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