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Committee takes up bill to define 'health care' in state law; consideration continued
Summary
Sen. Sherry Steinmetz presented Senate File 125 to insert a definition of "health care" into state rules of construction mirroring the Life Is a Human Right Act; the committee heard public comment and technical amendments and continued consideration to the next meeting.
Sen. Sherry Steinmetz introduced Senate File 125 to the House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, proposing that definitions from the Life Is a Human Right Act be codified in the state’s rules of construction so that specified acts involving an unborn child would be construed as health care only under excluded conditions.
Sen. Steinmetz told the committee the bill is designed as a trigger: it would take effect March 12, 2026, or on the date the Wyoming Supreme Court renders a decision on the Life Is a Human Right Act, whichever is sooner. The sponsor said the text mirrors definitions in the Life Is a Human Right Act, identifies exceptions (including medical treatment resulting in an unintentional injury or death of the unborn, sexual assault, lethal fetal abnormality…
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