Here are three things to know:
1. The act creates a Bill of Rights for upper endoscopy patients, which lists the advantages and disadvantages of both a traditional upper endoscopy and a transnasal endoscopy treatment, in which the patient is not sedated.
2. The act aims to prevent complications that arise from sedation during endoscopic procedures.
3. The act was inspired by the unfortunate death of Joan Rivers following an elective endoscopic procedure at New York-based Yorkville Endoscopy.
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