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Arkansas SB444

HEALTHCAREINTRODUCED

To Amend The Medical Ethics And Diversity Act.

Legislative Session

active

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

Selected quotes

A worker in the medical field, whether a contractor or employee, has the right to not facilitate or participate in an abortion, assisted suicide, or gender transition procedure or service in any manner.

A state licensing, certifying, or recognizing board or entity, or the Department of Health, shall not reprimand [...] a medical practitioner for engaging in speech, expression, or association [...] unless the board, entity, or the department, [...] demonstrates [...] that the medical practitioner’s speech, expression, or association was the direct cause of physical harm to a person with whom the medical practitioner had a practitioner-patient relationship within the three (3) years immediately preceding the incident of physical harm.

Links

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Calendar

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2025-04-0210:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-04-0100:00HearingRoom 171Senate Insurance & Commerce
2025-04-0100:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-04-0110:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-3110:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-3100:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-3112:00HearingRoom B, MACHouse Rules
2025-03-1900:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-1910:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-1810:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee
2025-03-1710:00HearingRoom 272Senate Public Health, Welfare And Labor Committee

History

DateAction
2025-03-20Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
2025-03-20Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
2025-03-20REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2025-03-20Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
2025-03-12Filed
2025-03-12Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE