Health care; granting certain rights and protections to health care institutions and payors; prohibiting certain discrimination and adverse actions. Effective date.

This bill protects healthcare workers, institutions, and payors who refuse to participate in healthcare services that go against their conscience, which includes ethical, moral, or religious beliefs. It prevents discrimination or punishment against them for such refusals and grants immunity from civil lawsuits, except for state-owned entities or emergency medical treatments required by federal law. The bill also protects whistleblowers who report violations and limits disciplinary actions by licensing boards for free speech, unless it directly causes physical harm to a patient.

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