2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26103274D

HOUSE BILL NO. 573

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 13, 2026

A BILL to direct the Board of Medicine to develop a patient decision checklist for patients considering breast implants.

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Patrons—Glass, Nivar and Thornton

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Medicine shall develop a patient checklist for patients considering breast implants. Such checklist shall comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements for checklists distributed by breast implant manufacturers. Such checklist shall include information on the risks of potential complications from breast implants, potential development of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, increased change of development of certain autoimmune and connective tissue diseases, and other systemic symptoms associated with breast implants. Such checklist shall include information about aesthetic flat closure as an alternative to breast implants.