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SB185 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB185 Alabama 2017 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Health care providers, authorized to decline to perform services that violate their consciences, exceptions, Health Care Rights of Conscience Act
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.

Subjects
Health Care Providers

Bill Actions

S

Indefinitely Postponed

S

Reported from Health and Human Services as Favorable

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature