SB185 Alabama 2017 Session
Bill Summary
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
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.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2017 | S | Indefinitely Postponed |
| March 9, 2017 | S | Reported from Health and Human Services as Favorable |
| February 14, 2017 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 8, 2017 | REVISED AGENDA at 12:00 | Senate HLTH Hearing |
| Hearing | March 8, 2017 | REVISED AGENDA at 12:00 | Senate HLTH Public Hearing |
| Hearing | March 8, 2017 | ROOM 304 at 12:00 | Senate HLTH Public Hearing |
| Hearing | March 1, 2017 | *****MEETING CANCELLED**** at 11:30 | Senate HLTH Public Hearing |
| Hearing | March 1, 2017 | Room 304 at 11:30 | Senate HLTH Public Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB185 Alabama 2017 Session - Introduced |