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, health care institution, or health care payer shall have the right not to participate in or pay for any health care service which violates his, her, or its conscience.
B) No medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for exercising his, her, or its right of conscience not to participate in or pay for a health care service. No health care institution shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for the exercise of conscience rights not to participate in a health care service by a medical practitioner employed, contracted, or granted admitting privileges by the health care institution.
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-02-05 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| 2024-02-01 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| 2024-01-31 | Filed for introduction |