HB159 Alabama 2016 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2016
Title
Health care providers authorized to decline to perform services that violate their consciences, exceptions, Health Care Rights of Conscience Act
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would give health care providers
the following: The authority to refuse to perform
or to participate in health care services that
violate their conscience; immunity from civil,
criminal, or administrative liability for refusing
to provide or participate in a health care service
that violates their conscience. This bill would
declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate
against health care providers for declining to
participate in a health care service that violates
their conscience. The bill would also provide for
injunctive relief and back pay for violation</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to health care, to allow health care
providers to decline to perform any health care service that
violates their conscience and provide remedies for persons who
exercise that right and suffer consequences as a result.
</p>
Subjects
Health Care Providers
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2016 | H | Indefinitely Postponed |
| March 17, 2016 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 9, 2016 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 16, 2016 | Room 429 at 10:00 | House HLTH Hearing |
| Hearing | March 16, 2016 | Room 429 at 10:00 | House HLTH Public Hearing |
| Hearing | February 23, 2016 | Room 200 at 09:30 | House HLTH Public Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB159 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced |