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S.B. 55 Placental Tissue Amendments

Became lawWritten by Sen. Evan J. Vickers · carried in the House by Rep. Rex P. Shipp

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

Senate Bill 55 would let practitioners who use placental tissue in stem cell treatments give patients notice of where that tissue comes from. It fills a gap left out of an earlier law by explicitly authorizing the practitioner in that specialty to give this required notice.

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Official description
  • imposes a notice requirement on persons who supply or provide human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products for utilization in stem cell therapy
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