Compare SC H 4776 (2022) and SC S 811 (2021)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- SC H 4776 (2022) · South Carolina · 2022 · Enacted
- SC S 811 (2021) · South Carolina · 2021 · Failed
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| SC H 4776 (2022) | SC S 811 (2021) |
|---|---|
| TO ENACT THE "MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT | TO ENACT THE "MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT |
| TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PAYERS NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT VIOLATE THE PRACTITIONER'S OR ENTITY'S CONSCIENCE AND TO PROTECT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FROM CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY AND FROM DISCRIMINATION FOR EXERCISING THEIR PERSONAL RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PAYERS FOR VIOLATION OF THE CHAPTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PAYERS NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT VIOLATE THE PRACTITIONER'S OR ENTITY'S CONSCIENCE AND TO PROTECT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FROM CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY AND FROM DISCRIMINATION FOR EXERCISING THEIR PERSONAL RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; TO CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PAYERS FOR VIOLATION OF THE CHAPTER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. This act may be known and cited as the "Medical Ethics and Diversity Act". SECTION | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. This act may be known and cited as the "Medical Ethics and Diversity Act". SECTION |
| SECTION 2. Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: "CHAPTER 139 Medical Ethics and Diversity Act Section | SECTION 3. Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: "CHAPTER 139 Medical Ethics and Diversity Act Section |
| no medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer | No medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer |
| by any medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer | by any medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer |
| medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer | medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer |
| health care institution, or health care payer arising from the exercise of the right of conscience is not a defense to any violation of this chapter. (B) Any party aggrieved by any violation of this chapter may commence a civil action and is entitled, upon the finding of a violation, to recover threefold the party's actual damages sustained but in no case may recovery be less than five thousand dollars, along with the costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees. Such damages are cumulative and in no way limited by any other remedies which may be available under any other federal, state, or municipal law. A court considering such civil action also may award injunctive relief, which ma… | health care institution, or health care payer arising from the exercise of the right of conscience is not a defense to any violation of this chapter. (B) Any party aggrieved by any violation of this chapter may commence a civil action and is entitled, upon the finding of a violation, to recover threefold the party's actual damages sustained but in no case may recovery be less than five thousand dollars, along with the costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees. Such damages are cumulative and in no way limited by any other remedies which may be available under any other federal, state, or municipal law. A court considering such civil action also may award injunctive relief, which ma… |
| SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. SECTION 4. The repeal o… | SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. SECTION 5. The repeal o… |