24RS HB 49

House Bill 49

Actions

Last Action	01/02/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	39
Sponsors	S. Rawlings, S. Baker, J. Calloway, J. Decker, S. Doan, M. Hart, J. Hodgson, C. Massaroni, M. Proctor, N. Tate
Summary of Original Version	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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Effective Dates, Emergency - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Health and Medical Services - Providers, prohibition of discrimination for acts of conscience Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Treatment, discrimination against employees for acts of conscience Insurance, Health - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Nurses - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Optometrists - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Personnel and Employment - Hospitals, treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Pharmacists - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Physicians and Practitioners - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Public Health - Treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience State Agencies - State Board of Medical Licensure, discrimination, acts of conscience Medicaid - Treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Short Titles and Popular Names - Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act