HB 2068 Summary

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

• Health care entities must provide written notice to patients or their representatives before treatment disclosing which health care services they will not provide, with acknowledgment of receipt required.

• Health care entities must inform state and federal licensing agencies of all excluded health care services, and state agencies must require disclosure of excluded services in health care program applications.

• Health plan providers and insurers must provide enrollees with a list of network health care entities that refuse certain services based on religious beliefs, including which specific services are excluded, and post this information on their websites.

• Health care entities must submit their list of excluded health care services to all health insurers and health plans they contract with, prominently display the list on their websites, and provide it to any person upon request.