| Last Action | 03/22/24: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 2168 |
| Sponsors | D. Douglas, S. Meredith, L. Tichenor |
| 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 |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/21/24 |
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| 02/26/24 |
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| 03/12/24 |
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| 03/13/24 |
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| 03/21/24 |
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| 03/22/24 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; replace the term, "health care service" with "medical service"; delete definitions for "health care payers" and for "pay." |
| Index Headings |
State Agencies - State Board of Medical Licensure, discrimination, acts of conscience Medicaid - 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 |
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