SF 2286: Relating to protections for health care institutions, health care payors, and medical practitioners including those related to the exercise of a right of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties

What it does

This bill relates to protections for health care institutions, health care payors, and medical practitioners involving a right of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech. The bill provides definitions used in the bill including for “conscience”, “health care institution”, “health care payor”, “health care service”, and “medical practitioner”. The bill provides that a health care institution or health care payor shall not be required to participate in or pay for a health care service that violates the health care institution’s or health care payor’s conscience.

Lobbying · 8 for, 8 against

For: 1st Amendment Partnership; ADF Action; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association; Iowa Safe Schools; Mindspring Mental Health Alliance; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa

In plain words

1. February 8, 2024Filed in the Senate
2. February 8, 2024Approved by the Senate committee