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Committee prints ‘Medical Ethics Defense’ RS after sponsor frames measure as conscience protections for health workers
Summary
Representative Bruce Scogg introduced RS 31,973, the "Medical Ethics Defense Act," proposing legal protections for health-care professionals and entities that refuse to participate in nonemergency procedures that conflict with their moral or religious beliefs. The committee voted to print the RS for a full hearing.
Representative Bruce Scogg introduced RS 31,973, described in committee as the "Medical Ethics Defense Act," which the sponsor said would protect the conscience rights of health-care professionals and health-care entities by allowing them to refuse participation in certain nonemergency procedures that violate sincerely held beliefs. The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to introduce the RS for further consideration.
Scogg said the RS protects employees and employers from discrimination when a provider…
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