Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.

Summary

The bill creates a “conscientious right to refuse” that stops employers, schools, healthcare providers and other persons from treating someone differently because they decline vaccines, drugs, gene‑editing or similar interventions for conscience reasons. It also lets affected individuals sue for damages and eliminates the state health secretary’s authority to order quarantine or impose penalties.

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