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Committee votes to print 'Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights'; sponsor says it codifies informed-consent protections
Summary
Senator Dan Foreman presented RS 31878 to create an Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights; the Senate committee voted to send it to print. The measure would prohibit denying treatment for refusing vaccines, require informed consent for experimental drugs and invoke the Idaho Health Freedom Act.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS 31878 to print after a presentation from Senator Dan Foreman. Foreman described the proposal as creating a statutory “Idaho Bill of Patient Medical Rights” that would codify patient safeguards and informed-consent requirements.
“For 71 years” Foreman said, “I have the highest respect for our healthcare system and its providers,” and added the bill would “ensure fairness of treatment,…
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