Virginia House Bill 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Medical Ethics Defense Act established. Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates such medical practitioner's, health care institution's, or health care payer's conscience, as those terms and conditions are defined in the bill. The bill provides protections for medical practitioners who disclose violations of the bill or report violations of laws or ethical guidelines for the safe provision of any medical procedure or service. The bill also provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the bill.

Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.

Del. Lee Ware [R]

2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Health and Human Services
2024-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-17	House	Assigned sub: Health Professions
2023-12-01	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2023-12-01	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100711D

SB153 (Similar To) 2024-02-08 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	376	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	380	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB8
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB8+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB8F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H2402V0001+HB0008