Establishes the right of healthcare providers and payers to refuse to engage in medical services that violate their conscience.

The bill establishes the right of healthcare providers and payers to refuse to engage in medical services that violate their conscience. It protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal charges for exercising their right of conscience. It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates their conscience. The act takes effect upon passage.

Establishes the right of healthcare providers and payers to refuse to engage in medical services that violate their conscience.

The bill establishes the right of healthcare providers and payers to refuse to engage in medical services that violate their conscience. It protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal charges for exercising their right of conscience. It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates their conscience. The act takes effect upon passage.