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Idaho H0059

HEALTHCAREINTRODUCED

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.

Legislative Session

active

2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

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.

Links

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Calendar

datetimetypelocationdescription
2025-02-1111:00Executive SessionHouse FloorThird Reading Calendar
2025-02-1011:00Executive SessionHouse FloorSecond Reading Calendar
2025-02-0609:00HearingRoom EW20House Health & Welfare Committee

History

DateAction
2025-02-10Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2025-02-07Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2025-01-27Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
2025-01-24Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing