26RS SB 72

Senate Bill 72

Actions

Last Action	01/12/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1588
Sponsor	D. Douglas
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 health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Civil Actions - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience Effective Dates, Emergency - Medical treatment, 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 Public Health - Treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Short Titles And Popular Names - Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act State Agencies - Hiring or licensing authorities, discrimination, acts of conscience Local Mandate - Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience