Kansas HB2741 allows healthcare providers to refuse transgender healthcare services if it conflicts with their conscience, and creates a civil cause.
Kansas HB2741, known as the Kansas medical rights of conscience act, permits healthcare providers to decline to provide transgender healthcare services if doing so conflicts with their conscience. The act also establishes a civil cause of action for violations, allowing aggrieved healthcare providers to seek actual damages, injunctive relief, and other appropriate remedies. The act prohibits discrimination against healthcare providers who exercise these rights, including in public and private employment and the receipt of public benefits.
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