Bill > HB303

This bill, the Implement Medical Ethics and Diversity Act, provides protections for medical practitioners, health care institutions, and health care payers to refuse to participate in health care services that violate their conscience. It defines key terms like "conscience," "discrimination," and "health care service." The bill gives health care institutions and payers the right to refuse to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience, and protects medical practitioners from being discriminated against for exercising their right of conscience. The bill also includes whistleblower protections and free speech protections for medical practitioners, and provides remedies for those who face unlawful interference with their rights under the Act. Additionally, the bill amends existing laws to require affirmative consent for medical practitioners to be involved in abortions and to provide notification requirements for complaints against medical practitioners whose free speech is protected.

Health and Social Services, Justice

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