KY HB501 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-28 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-28 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; provide short title.
Title
AN ACT protecting the exercise of medical ethics and diversity within the medical profession.
Sponsors
| Rep. Melinda Prunty [R] | Rep. Kim King [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-28 | House | to Health and Family Services (H) |
| 2020-02-26 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Short Titles and Popular Names
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Short Titles and Popular Names
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb501.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb501/orig_bill.pdf |
