SB 239 KY

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Passed One Chamber

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.

• D. Douglas Republican · primary
• S. Meredith Republican · primary
• L. Tichenor Republican · primary

1. Feb 21, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Feb 21, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Feb 26, 2024 to Health Services (S) · upper
4. Mar 11, 2024 taken from Health Services (S) · upper
5. Mar 11, 2024 1st reading · upper
6. Mar 11, 2024 returned to Health Services (S) · upper
7. Mar 12, 2024 taken from Health Services (S) · upper
8. Mar 12, 2024 2nd reading · upper
9. Mar 12, 2024 returned to Health Services (S) · upper
10. Mar 13, 2024 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
11. Mar 21, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 21, 2024 · upper
12. Mar 21, 2024 3rd reading, passed 29-7 with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
13. Mar 22, 2024 received in House · lower
14. Mar 22, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF