Summary of Original Version

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 health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions, except prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment in any medical program or to receive medical treatment in the Commonwealth.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- T. Smith

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 218A.205 to remove the requirement of a permanent licensure ban on licensees and applicants convicted of a felony offense relating to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- T. Smith

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- M. Marzian

Summary Retain original provisions, except prohibit a health care professional or health care institution from refusing to participate in health care services for survivors of rape or incest.