HB159 Alabama 2016 Session
Bill Summary
This bill would give health care providers the following: The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. This bill would declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate against health care providers for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. The bill would also provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation
Relating to health care, to allow health care providers to decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience and provide remedies for persons who exercise that right and suffer consequences as a result.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2016 | H | Indefinitely Postponed |
| March 17, 2016 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 9, 2016 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 16, 2016 | Room 429 at 10:00 | House HLTH Hearing |
| Hearing | March 16, 2016 | Room 429 at 10:00 | House HLTH Public Hearing |
| Hearing | February 23, 2016 | Room 200 at 09:30 | House HLTH Public Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB159 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced |