S 1130 General Bill, By Kimbrell and Garrett
Similar (S 0811, H 3518, H 4776)
Summary: Medical practitioners and health care payers
    A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HEALTH, BY ADDING CHAPTER 139 TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHT OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PAYERS TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSCIENCE, WHETHER SUCH CONSCIENCE IS INFORMED BY RELIGION, MORAL, ETHICAL, OR PHILOSOPHIC BELIEFS, ARE PREEMPTED AND SUPERSEDED BY LAWS ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY STATE AGENCIES PURSUANT TO THOSE LAWS.
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03/08/22	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
03/08/22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 10)
03/10/22	Senate	Polled out of committee Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 8)
03/10/22	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 8)