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Committee sends "Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights" to print; exchange on nondiscrimination language
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS31878, the "Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights," to print; the measure would enshrine rights to informed consent and bar administering experimental drugs without written consent.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS31878, titled in the presentation as the "Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights," to print.
Senator Dan Foreman, R-District 6, described the proposal as codifying patients' rights including the right to informed consent, prohibition of administering experimental drugs without written consent and a prohibition on denying treatment to patients who refuse a vaccine. "This legislation establishes some seminal patient rights including…
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