Bill Text: WV HB4314 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing privacy regarding medical treatments
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - To House Health and Human Resources [HB4314 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4314-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4314
By Delegate Butler
[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-1D-1, relating to establishing privacy regarding medical treatments.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1D. ESTABLISHING PRIVACY REGARDING MEDICAL TREATMENTS.
§16-1D-1. Prohibiting compulsory or mandatory medical treatment unless the manufacturer of the medical product is liable.
Notwithstanding any other law, a person may not be required to take, be administered, or otherwise receive or disclose whether the person has taken, been administered or otherwise received a medical product unless the manufacturer of the medical product is liable for any death or serious injury caused by the medical product.
For the purposes of this section, a "medical product" means any medical device, drug, or biologic.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish privacy regarding medical treatment and to prohibit mandatory medical treatments unless the manufacturer of the medical product is liable.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.