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Committee advances bill protecting medically accurate counseling and information about reproductive and gender‑affirming care amid debate over religious‑based施設
Summary
House Bill 5516 would prohibit healthcare entities from disciplining providers who give medically accurate information and counseling about reproductive and gender‑affirming health care; members debated tensions with contracts and ethical/religious directives at certain hospitals and whether the bill reaches counseling versus factual information.
A committee advanced a bill that would restrict health care entities from disciplining providers who give patients medically accurate information and counseling about reproductive and gender‑affirming health care services, but members spent much of the discussion probing how the law would interact with religious‑based institutional directives and employment contracts.
Under the bill, the prohibitions apply to providers…
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