KY SB83 | 2021 | Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill 83 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-24 - floor amendment (3) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions.

Title

AN ACT protecting the exercise of medical ethics and diversity within the medical profession.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-24	Senate	floor amendment (3) filed
2021-02-23	Senate	floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed
2021-02-22	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-11	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2021-01-07	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-07	Senate	introduced in Senate