HB 2250 Summary

• Health care entities that refuse services based on religious beliefs must adopt a written policy listing all excluded services and provide written notice to patients before treatment begins.

• Health care entities must inform state and federal licensing agencies of all services they will not provide based on religious beliefs, and state agencies must require disclosure of excluded services in health care reimbursement program applications.

• Health care entities applying for state grants related to health care services must disclose a list of services they will not provide based on religious beliefs.

• Group health plan providers and health insurers must provide enrollees with a list of network health care entities that refuse certain services based on religious beliefs and post this information on their websites by 18 months after the law takes effect.

• Health care entities must provide their complete list of excluded services to all group health plan providers and health insurers they contract with and must prominently post the list on their website.