AL SB312

Establishes the "Health Care Rights of Conscience Act" protecting health care providers, institutions, and payers' right to decline participation in services violating their conscience, including abortion, artificial birth control, artificial insemination, assisted reproduction, human cloning, euthanasia, human embryonic stem cell research, fetal experimentation, physician-assisted suicide, and sterilization.

Prohibits discrimination against health care providers who refuse to participate in conscience-violating services, including termination, transfer, refusal of staff privileges, shift reassignment, wage or benefits reduction, and denial of board certification or residency training.

Requires health care institutions to provide consent forms to patients before admission stating the institution reserves the right to decline services that violate its conscience in order to avoid civil, criminal, or administrative liability.

Protects health care payers from being required to pay for or arrange payment of services violating their conscience and prohibits discrimination against payers declining such services.

Allows injunctive relief and awards of back pay, reinstatement to prior position, and reasonable attorney's fees to injured parties, while excluding protections for denials based on patient race or disability.