KY SB90 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-17 - recommitted to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-17 - recommitted to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
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 exerciseing 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.
Sponsors
| Sen. Stephen Meredith [R] | Sen. C.B. Embry [R] | Sen. Rick Girdler [R] | Sen. Paul Hornback [R] |
| Sen. Robert Mills [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-17 | Senate | recommitted to Judiciary (S) |
| 2020-03-12 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2020-03-11 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2020-03-10 | Senate | floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2020-03-10 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2020-03-09 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2020-03-06 | Senate | floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed to bill, and floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 9, 2020 |
| 2020-03-03 | Senate | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2020-02-24 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2020-02-21 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2020-02-20 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2020-01-16 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2020-01-14 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Optometrists
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Public Health
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb90.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb90/orig_bill.pdf |
