Adds to existing law to establish the Medical Ethics Defense Act.
MEDICAL ETHICS DEFENSE ACT -- Adds to existing law to establish the Medical Ethics Defense Act.
2025 Regular Session
No health care professional, health care institution, or health care payer should be required to participate in or pay for any medical procedure, treatment, or service, or prescribe or pay for any medication, to which he objects on the basis of conscience, whether such conscience is informed by religious, moral, or ethical beliefs or principles. [...] "Conscience" means the ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles held by any health care provider. Conscience with respect to institutional entities or corporate bodies, as opposed to individual persons, is determined by reference to that entity's or body's governing documents, including but not limited to any published ethical, moral, or religious guidelines or directives, mission statements, constitutions, articles of incorporation, bylaws, policies, or regulations.
date | time | type | location | description |
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2025-03-10 | 10:00 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-03-07 | 10:00 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-03-06 | 10:30 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-03-05 | 10:30 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | By Judiciary And Rules Committee – Crisis Response For Persons With A Neurocognitive Disorder – Amends Existing Law To Revise P |
2025-03-04 | 10:30 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-03-03 | 10:45 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-02-28 | 10:15 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-02-27 | 10:45 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-02-26 | 10:45 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Second Reading Calendar |
2025-02-25 | 11:00 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | 14th Order Calendar |
2025-02-24 | 11:00 | Executive Session | Senate Floor | Second Reading Calendar |
2025-02-20 | 15:00 | Hearing | Room WW54 | Senate Health & Welfare Committee |
2025-02-11 | 11:00 | Executive Session | House Floor | Third Reading Calendar |
2025-02-10 | 11:00 | Executive Session | House Floor | Second Reading Calendar |
2025-02-06 | 09:00 | Hearing | Room EW20 | House Health & Welfare Committee |
History
Date | Action |
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2025-03-11 | Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk |
2025-03-11 | House Concurred in Senate Amendments |
2025-03-11 | Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk |
2025-03-11 | Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing |
2025-03-10 | Read third time as amended in the Senate -- PASSED 28-6-1 |
2025-03-10 | Title apvd |
2025-03-10 | to House |
2025-03-06 | Retained on calendar |
2025-03-05 | Retained on calendar |
2025-02-26 | Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading |
2025-02-25 | Placed in the Committee of the Whole |
2025-02-25 | Amendments ordered printed |
2025-02-25 | Reported out as amended; filed for first reading |
2025-02-25 | Amendments reported printed |
2025-02-25 | Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading |
2025-02-24 | Referred to 14th Order for amendment |
2025-02-21 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
2025-02-12 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
2025-02-12 | Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare |
2025-02-11 | Read Third Time in Full -- PASSED 58-11-1 |
2025-02-11 | Title apvd |
2025-02-11 | to Senate |
2025-02-10 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
2025-02-07 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
2025-01-27 | Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare |
2025-01-24 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |