[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 47 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 47

To provide for regulations on protecting statutory conscience rights in 
                              health care.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2025

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for regulations on protecting statutory conscience rights in 
                              health care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense of Conscience in Health Care 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON PROTECTING STATUTORY CONSCIENCE RIGHTS IN HEALTH 
              CARE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall--
            (1) issue, under the Federal conscience and anti-
        discrimination laws, a final rule that is identical or 
        materially equivalent to the former rule stated in part 88 of 
        title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July 22, 
        2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 23170; relating to protecting statutory 
        conscience rights in health care; delegations of authority); 
        and
            (2) specify in the final rule that the rule supersedes any 
        contrary rule in existence on the date of issuance.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Federal conscience and 
anti-discrimination laws'' has the meaning given the term in the former 
rule specified in subsection (a)(1).
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