Compare TX SB 1674 (2021) and TX SB 34 (2021)

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TX SB 1674 (2021)TX SB 34 (2021)
S.B. No. 1674 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to protection of individuals from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that: (1) the public policy of this state is to respect the conscience of all health care providers and the right of each health care provider to hold their own belief about whether certain health care services are morally acceptable; (2) without comprehensive protections, the conscience of health care providers may be violated; and (3) each health care provider must be protected from required pa…S.B. No. 34 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to protection of individuals from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that: (1) the public policy of this state is to respect the conscience of all health care providers and the right of each health care provider to hold their own belief about whether certain health care services are morally acceptable; (2) without comprehensive protections, the conscience of health care providers may be violated; and (3) each health care provider must be protected from required part…
serious impairment of the patient's bodily functions; (D) serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part of the patient; (E) serious disfigurement of the patient; or (F) for a pregnant womanserious impairment of the patient's bodily functions; (D) result in serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part of the patient; (E) result in serious disfigurement of the patient; or (F) for a pregnant woman
Health care facility" means a public or private organization, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, agency, network, joint venture, or other entity that provides health care services to patients. The term includes a hospital, clinic, medical center, ambulatory surgical center, private physician's office, pharmacy, nursing home, laboratory or diagnostic facility, infirmary, dispensary, medical school, nursing school, or medical training facility. (4) "Health care provider" means a nurse, nurse aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist, pharmacy employee, researcher, medical, pharmacy, or nursing school student, profes…Health care facility" means a public or private organization, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, agency, network, joint venture, or other entity that provides health care services to patients. The term includes a hospital, clinic, medical center, ambulatory surgical center, private physician's office, pharmacy, nursing home, laboratory or diagnostic facility, infirmary, dispensary, medical school, nursing school, or medical training facility. (4) "Health care provider" means a nurse, nurse aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist, pharmacy employee, researcher, medical, pharmacy, or nursing school student, profes…
b) An individual who declines to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment for reasons of conscience shall notify the health care facility and comply with the applicable protocol developed under this section. The individual must continue to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment until the facility transfers the patient to another physician or health care provider at the facility. (c) If a transfer to another physician or health care provider at the health care facility cannot be arranged, the protocol at a minimum must require a health care facility, physician, or health care provider to: (1) timely inform the patient of the patient's condition, prognosis, and treatment…b) An individual who declines to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment for reasons of conscience shall notify the health care facility and comply with the applicable protocol developed under this section. The individual must continue to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment until the facility transfers the patient to another physician or health care provider at the facility. (c) If a transfer to another physician or health care provider at the health care facility cannot be arranged, the protocol at a minimum must require a health care facility, physician, or health care provider to: (1) timely inform the patient of the patient's condition, prognosis, and treatment…
copies of the patient's medical records to the patient or another health care facility, physician, or health care provider designated by the patient in accordance with medical privacy lawscopies of the patient's medical records to the patient or another health care facility, physician, or health care provider designated by the patient in accordance with medical privacy laws
and (3) take any other action necessary to transfer the patient to another health care facility. (d) This section does not require a health care facility, physician, or health care provider to counsel a patient or refer the patient to another physician or facility regarding a health care service that is contrary to the conscience of the physician or health care provider. The information required by Subsection (c) may be provided by a health care facility, physician, or health care provider other than the physician or health care provider who declined to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment for reasons of conscience. Sec. 161.707. DISCIPLINARY ACTION; COMPLAINT. (a) A health ca…and (3) take any other action necessary to transfer the patient to another health care facility. (d) This section does not require a health care facility, physician, or health care provider to counsel a patient or refer the patient to another physician or facility regarding a health care service that is contrary to the conscience of the physician or health care provider. The information required by Subsection (c) may be provided by a health care facility, physician, or health care provider other than the physician or health care provider who declined to participate in providing life-sustaining treatment for reasons of conscience. Sec. 161.707. DISCIPLINARY ACTION; COMPLAINT. (a) A health ca…