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Sponsor presents 'Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights'; committee sends draft to print after brief exchange on nondiscrimination
Summary
Sen. Dan Foreman presented RS31878 to codify patient rights including informed consent and nondiscrimination; the committee voted to send the RS to print after a short exchange over whether sexual orientation and gender identity would be included in the nondiscrimination clause.
Senator Dan Foreman, District 6, presented RS31878, described in the hearing as creating a new section (proposed Idaho Code §39‑9004) that the sponsor said may be cited as the "Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights." Foreman said the measure would establish patient safeguards including a right to informed consent for medications and medical treatments and a prohibition on denying treatment to a patient who refuses a vaccine.
Foreman said the bill would "help ensure fairness of treatment, enhance patient…
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