Texas SB619 protects health care providers from participating in services against their conscience and from adverse actions for declining such.

Texas SB619, the Texas Health Care Conscience Protection Act, allows health care providers to decline participation in certain health care services based on conscience, excluding emergency care and life-sustaining treatment. It prohibits adverse actions against those who decline to participate in such services, including discrimination in employment and licensing. Health care facilities must develop protocols to ensure patient access to care when providers decline to participate. The act also provides civil remedies for violations, including injunctive relief and damages.

Texas SB619 protects health care providers from participating in services against their conscience and from adverse actions for declining such.

Texas SB619, the Texas Health Care Conscience Protection Act, allows health care providers to decline participation in certain health care services based on conscience, excluding emergency care and life-sustaining treatment. It prohibits adverse actions against those who decline to participate in such services, including discrimination in employment and licensing. Health care facilities must develop protocols to ensure patient access to care when providers decline to participate. The act also provides civil remedies for violations, including injunctive relief and damages.