S 47 · in committee · significant
Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill requires HHS to reinstate a 2019 rule protecting health care workers' rights to refuse services based on religious or moral objections.
- Health care providers and patients seeking services that conflict with provider beliefs are affected.
- HHS must issue final regulations identical to the vacated 2019 rule without specified timeline or cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should hospitals balance protecting health care workers' religious beliefs against ensuring patients can access all available medical services?
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What evidence exists about how the 2019 rule affected patient access to care, and what would reinstatement mean for underserved communities?
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Who bears the costs if health care providers refuse services—patients, insurers, hospitals, or taxpayers—and how should those burdens be distributed?
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Sponsor · R-MO
Josh Hawley
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Introduced 2025-01-09
Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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