
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Oct 25, 2017
This law is Anti–Choice Anti–LGBTQ
HB 2878
Failed to Pass
Mar 3, 2017
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 1
HB 2878 would permit a health-care provider or institution to refuse to receive, obtain, perform, assist in performing, give advice regarding, suggest, recommend, refer, or participate in a health-care service that is contrary to a person’s or entity’s conscience.
The bill would prohibit a physician or health-care provider from being held civilly or criminally liable solely because of the physician’s or health-care provider’s conscientious refusal of a health-care service.
The bill defines conscience to mean “a sincerely held set of moral convictions arising from:
The bill defines health-care service to mean “any phase of medical care or treatment, including:
If passed, the broad language of the bill would potentially allow medical personnel and health-care facilities to refuse to provide reproductive health-care services to women; and health-care services to the LGBTQ community, including transitioning treatment for transgender individuals.
Discrimination Related to Licensing
The bill would prohibit a person from discriminating against another person because of the person’s conscientious refusal of a health-care service, including discrimination with regard to:
Discrimination Related to Employment
The bill would prohibit a person, medical institution, or other institution that conducts education or training programs for physicians or health-care providers from discriminating against an applicant because of the applicant’s conscientious refusal of a health-care service, including discrimination by:
Discrimination Related to Benefits
The bill would prohibit a person, including a public official, from discriminating against a recipient entitled to any type of aid, assistance, or benefits because of the recipient’s conscientious refusal of a health-care service, including discrimination by:
Conscientious Refusal Protocol
The bill would require health-care facilities to develop a protocol describing a patient’s access to care and information to ensure that a conscientious refusal of a health-care service does not impair a patient’s health. Such protocol must, at a minimum, require a health-care facility, physician, or provider to:
The bill would not require a health-care facility, physician, or provider to counsel a patient regarding a service that is contrary to their conscientious beliefs.
Civil Remedies
The bill would allow a person to sue another person or a governmental entity for damages.
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