Senate Bill 1393 Summary

• Prohibits hospitals from imposing any mode of treatment for COVID-19 or its variants, including vaccination, on patients who decline treatment.

• Requires hospitals and health care providers to counsel patients who refuse COVID-19 treatment and inform them of alternative treatment options available.

• Grants patients the right to leave a hospital at any time, with authorized representatives able to exercise this right on behalf of incapacitated patients.

• Requires superior courts in each county to hear petitions regarding a patient's right to leave within 48 hours and grant preliminary injunctive relief if the patient wishes to leave.

• Declares that the right to refuse treatment, including vaccination, is a fundamental public policy of the state.