HR 8 Summary

• Opposes government criminalization of physicians providing evidence-based medical care within their scope of training and accepted standards of medical practice.

• Affirms that physicians have a professional and ethical obligation to use medical judgment based on evidence-based practices in the best interest of their patients.

• States that third-party or government interference in the physician-patient relationship compromises its integrity and undermines quality health care delivery.

• Declares Minnesota's opposition to any legislative action or regulation that would criminalize physicians for practicing within nationally recognized professional practice guidelines and their professional judgment.