HB 2103 Summary

• Requires health care entities that refuse services based on religious beliefs to adopt a written policy listing all excluded health care services within 12 months of the bill's effective date.

• Mandates health care entities provide written notice to patients or their representatives disclosing excluded services before treatment begins, or as soon as possible in emergencies, with patient acknowledgment required.

• Requires health care entities to disclose religious-based service exclusions to state and federal licensing agencies and include this information in applications for state health care reimbursement programs and grants.

• Requires health plan providers and insurers to maintain and make publicly available a list of all in-network health care entities that refuse services based on religious beliefs and specify which services each entity excludes, within 18 months of the bill's effective date.

• Requires each health care entity to provide complete lists of religiously-excluded services to health insurers and display this information prominently on its website and upon request.