South Carolina Senate Bill 811 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-12 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "medical Ethics And Diversity Act"; To Amend Title 44 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Health, By Adding Chapter 139, To Authorize Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, And Health Care Payers Not To Participate In Health Care Services That Violate The Practitioner's Or Entity's Conscience And To Protect These Individuals And Entities From Civil, Criminal, Or Administrative Liability And From Discrimination For Exercising Their Personal Right Of Conscience, With Exceptions; To Create A Private Right Of Action For Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, And Health Care Payers For Violation Of The Chapter, And For Other Purposes, And To Define Necessary Terms.

Medical Ethics and Diversity Act

Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Billy Garrett [R]	Sen. Richard Cash [R]
Sen. Michael Johnson [R]	Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2021-05-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3518 (Similar To) 2022-01-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
H4776 (Similar To) 2022-06-28 - Act No. 235
S1130 (Similar To) 2022-03-10 - Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0811&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/811_20210512.htm