KY HB58 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-03 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-03 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to protecting the exercise of medical ethics within the medical profession.
Sponsors
| Sen. Steve Rawlings [R] | Rep. Josh Calloway [R] | Rep. John Hodgson [R] | Rep. Savannah Maddox [R] |
| Rep. Marianne Proctor [R] | Rep. Nancy Tate [R] | Rep. Billy Wesley [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-03 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2023-01-03 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Effective Dates, Emergency
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb58.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb58/orig_bill.pdf |
