AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.
As introduced, enacts the ''Medical Ethics Defense Act.'' - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
113th General Assembly
(a) A medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer has the right not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service which violates the conscience of the medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer, as long as the exercise of this right does not impair the obligations, duties, or responsibilities required of the practitioner, institution, or payer under an existing contract.
(c) A medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer is not civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for exercising the right of conscience granted in subsection (a). A healthcare institution is not civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for the exercise of conscience rights not to participate in a medical procedure or service by a medical practitioner employed, contracted, or granted admitting privileges by the healthcare institution.
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-02-07 | Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-05 | P2C, ref. to Health Committee |
| 2024-02-01 | Intro., P1C. |
| 2024-01-31 | Filed for introduction |