SB 1820 Florida Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Protections of Medical Conscience

Summary
Protections of Medical Conscience; Creating the "Health Care Ethics and Liberty Protection Act"; providing that health care providers and health care payors have the right not to participate in or pay for any health care services that violate their consciences; providing that providers and payors have a right to make certain decisions consistent with their religious beliefs under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from taking or threatening to take adverse action against such providers and payors for specified actions, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2022 Last action Mar 14, 2022
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Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
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Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Dennis Baxley
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