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Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act
To provide for regulations on protecting statutory conscience rights in health care.
Summary
This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a new rule within six months protecting healthcare workers' conscience rights under federal law. The rule must be identical or substantially equivalent to regulations that were in effect on July 22, 2019, relating to protecting statutory conscience rights in health care. The new rule would supersede any existing contrary regulations.
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- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Moolenaar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide for regulations on protecting statutory conscience rights in health care.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act”.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON PROTECTING STATUTORY CONSCIENCE RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE.
(a) In General.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall—
(1) issue, under the Federal conscience and anti- discrimination laws, a final rule that is identical or materially equivalent to the former rule stated in part 88 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July 22, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 23170; relating to protecting statutory conscience rights in health care; delegations of authority); and
(2) specify in the final rule that the rule supersedes any contrary rule in existence on the date of issuance.
(b) Definition.—In this section, the term “Federal conscience and anti-discrimination laws” has the meaning given the term in the former rule specified in subsection (a)(1). <all>
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