A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners, health care institutions, and health care payors including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 139.)
91st General Assembly
A medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payor has the right not to participate in or pay for a healthcare service that violates the medical practitioner’s, healthcare institution’s, or healthcare payor’s conscience.
A medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payor shall not be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for the medical practitioner’s, healthcare institution’s, or healthcare payor’s exercise of conscience.
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History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-04-22 | Explanation of vote. H.J. 1034. |
| 2025-04-03 | Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 688. |
| 2025-03-27 | Message from House. S.J. 657. |
| 2025-03-27 | Read first time, attached to SF 220. S.J. 657. |
| 2025-03-26 | Amendment H-1064 adopted. H.J. 825. |
| 2025-03-26 | Passed House, yeas 64, nays 32. H.J. 826. |
| 2025-03-26 | Immediate message. H.J. 850. |
| 2025-03-11 | Amendment H-1064 filed. H.J. 608. |
| 2025-02-24 | Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 415. |