82R7229 BPG-D
By: Morrison H.C.R. No. 102
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Religious liberty is a cornerstone on which our
nation was founded, and the right of individual conscience has also
long been held sacrosanct in this country; however, neither are
adequately addressed in the provisions of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act of 2010; and
WHEREAS, The PPACA fails to make appropriate allowances for
the religious, moral, or ethical beliefs held by patients, groups,
employers, individual health care providers, health care
facilities such as hospitals, insurance providers, or purchasers of
health care insurance; and
WHEREAS, Religiously affiliated hospitals, clinics, nursing
homes, and other health facilities provide a substantial and
indispensable portion of health care services and are governed by
specific religious and moral codes central to their mission as
health care providers; moreover, health insurers strive to provide
flexible and diverse products to meet a wide variety of needs, and
they must be able to tailor their products to the religious, moral,
and ethical beliefs of their prospective customers; and
WHEREAS, While tremendous structural change is taking place
in the American health care system, it must not compromise the right
of participants to follow their beliefs; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact
comprehensive legislation to protect the religious liberty and
individual conscience rights of all participants involved in
accessing or providing of health care, favoring no set of beliefs
over another and ensuring that all may participate in the health
care system in a manner consistent with their beliefs and
conscience; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.