2025 bills / S.B. 320

S.B. 320 Physician Practice Amendments (2025)

Did not passWritten by Sen. Evan J. Vickers

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee (stopped here)
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

AI summary from the official description

The bill gives physicians the right to refuse to provide certain medical services on specified grounds, and it bans penalizing a physician, such as firing or disciplining them, for such a refusal. A physician who is penalized in this way could file a lawsuit over it.

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Official description
  • defines a term
  • recognizes a physician's right to refuse to provide a medical service on certain grounds
  • prohibits taking adverse action against a physician who refuses to provide a medical service on certain grounds
  • recognizes an adverse action as a basis for a cause of action
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