Virginia Senate Bill 153 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Medical Ethics Defense Act established. Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates such medical practitioner's, health care institution's, or health care payer's conscience, as those terms and conditions are defined in the bill. The bill provides protections for medical practitioners who disclose violations of the bill or report violations of laws or ethical guidelines for the safe provision of any medical procedure or service. The bill also provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the bill.

Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.

Sen. Chris Head [R]

2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	Senate	Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2024-02-05	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
2024-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104587D

HB8 (Similar To) 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	376	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	380	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB153
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB153+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB153F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0136+SB0153