Lawmakers continue to focus on bills aimed at sexual assault prevention in response to Larry Nassar. Nassar is the former Michigan State University doctor who told patients he was treating them, when he was actually sexually assaulting them.
But new policy proposals have led to heated debate among lawmakers during a committee hearing.
One lawmaker had harsh words for a bill during a committee hearing.
The bill would increase documentation and record retention requirements for doctors for certain medical procedures. Failure to do so would be a crime.
Lawmakers in favor say a tighter reign on medical documentation would prevent a Nassar situation from happening again. But others say this isn’t the way to go about it.
Representative Rose Mary Robinson:
“This whole criminalization, I’m opposed to the criminalization of your record keeping. I think it’s inane. I think it’s stupid.”
Lawmakers also argued over a bill to add sexual assault and healthy dating relationships to public school sex ed curriculum.
The committee’s chair says he’s open to making changes.