Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 10 R cosponsors

HB 49 — AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.

Last action — to Committee on Committees (H)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)

  2. introduced in House

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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10 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 128 not signed on

Sponsors (10)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (128)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 49 do?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
Who sponsors HB 49?
HB 49 is sponsored by Steve Rawlings (Republican), Shane Baker (Republican), Josh Calloway (Republican), Jennifer Decker (Republican), Steven Doan (Republican), Mark Hart (Republican), John Hodgson (Republican), Candy Massaroni (Republican), Marianne Proctor (Republican), and Nancy Tate (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 49?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 49?
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