Give Texas Patients a Voice

The Texas Medical Disclosure Panel, which develops informed consent disclosure language, is supposed to help patients; however, this panel currently only consists of doctors and lawyers. HB 923 by Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez requires the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel to actually include members from the public. 

We need members of the public and other advocates on the panel who will push for patients, giving them a voice and ensuring that the language doctors use to talk to patients about complicated and potentially life-threatening procedures is plain and easy-to-understand. This common sense reform will help the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel do its job by making disclosures understandable for patients. Please tell your lawmakers to support HB 923 today!