Reference is to Printer's Date 2/23/11-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting Section 44-41-530(B) and (C) beginning on page 3, line 41 through page 4, line 8 and inserting:
/ (B) Nothing in this
article permits a health care provider to deny information about
or refuse to dispense or provide contraception.
(C) Nothing in this
article permits a health care provider or insurer that otherwise
provides, performs, or covers an item or procedure to refuse to
do so for a person based on a judgment that:
(1)
discounts the value of the person's life because of his or
her age or disability; or
(2)
views the person as not meriting treatment because of an
innate personal characteristic, other than a characteristic that
would reduce the procedure's clinical effectiveness or increase
its risks.
(D) The notice given by
an employee pursuant to subsection (A) suffices without
specification of the reason the notice is provided.
/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.