Medical Ethics Defense Act-2.
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; allowing health care professionals, health care institutions and health care payers the right not to participate in or pay for health care services as specified; authorizing religious-based health care organizations to make decisions consistent with religious beliefs; prohibiting discrimination for making health care decisions based on conscience; prohibiting adverse licensing actions based on protected expressive activity; specifying liability and damages for notice requirements; providing immunity; providing definitions; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
2025 General Session
Each health care professional, health care institution and health care payer shall have the right not to participate in or pay for a health care service that violates the health care professional's, health care institution's or health care payer's conscience. No health care professional, health care institution or health care payer shall be required to participate in or pay for any health care service that violates the health care professional's, health care institution's or health care payer's conscience.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | 08:00 | Hearing | Capitol Extension Room E003 & Online | House Labor |
| 2025-01-31 | 08:00 | Hearing | Capitol Extension Room E003 & Online | House Labor |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | Placed on General File |
| 2025-02-03 | H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-0-1-0 |
| 2025-01-27 | Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor |
| 2025-01-17 | Received for Introduction |
| 2025-01-16 | Bill Number Assigned |