MD HB1364 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-17 - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-17 - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Authorizing health care providers and health care practitioners to decline to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; authorizing health care payors to decline to pay for health care services or health care products that violate their conscience; establishing certain civil, criminal, and administrative immunity; etc.
Title
Health Care Freedom of Conscience Act
Sponsors
| Del. Dan Cox [R] | Del. Lauren Arikan [R] | Del. Joseph Boteler [R] | Sen. Johnny Mautz [R] |
| Del. Susan McComas [R] | Del. April Rose [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-17 | House | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2022-02-11 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
Subjects
Discrimination
Ethics
Health - Insurance
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Health Occupations
Human Rights
Medical Treatments
Revenue and Taxes
Ethics
Health - Insurance
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Health Occupations
Human Rights
Medical Treatments
Revenue and Taxes
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health - General | 24 | 1801 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Health - General | 24 | 1802 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Health - General | 24 | 1803 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Health - General | 24 | 1804 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Health - General | 24 | 1805 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Insurance | 15 | 801 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1364?ys=2022RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1364f.pdf |
