Don Douglas
- Republican
- Senator
- District 22
Primary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; 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; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
to Committee on Committees (H)
received in House
3rd reading, passed 29-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 21, 2024
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2nd reading
taken from Health Services (S)
returned to Health Services (S)
returned to Health Services (S)
1st reading
taken from Health Services (S)
to Health Services (S)
to Committee on Committees (S)
introduced in Senate
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Current/Final | |
| Introduced |
| Document | Format |
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| Proposed Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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