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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2025-02-11 | 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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2025-02-10 | 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 |