Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB611 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 611
5	5	October 31, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, ROZAR, ALLEN,
6	6	BEHNKE, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, CALLAHAN, EDMING, GOEBEN,
7	7	MAGNAFICI, MICHALSKI, MURPHY, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER, SCHRAA, SCHUTT and
8	8	WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators NASS and CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to
9	9	Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to create 146.98 and 440.10 of the statutes; relating to: right of health
12	12	care providers to express professional opinions related to health or medical
13	13	information or guidance.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill establishes a right of health care providers to express their
16	16	professional opinions related to health or medical information or guidance, including
17	17	any statements, policies, studies, publications, or orders. The bill prohibits any
18	18	health care entity from retaliating against, discriminating against, or taking
19	19	adverse action against a health care provider for expressing his or her professional
20	20	opinions. However, the bill excepts health care entities that are faith-based or
21	21	religious institutions that have published religious, moral, or ethical policies or
22	22	guidelines from the requirements of the bill to the extent that an action taken by a
23	23	health care provider violates the institution's religious, moral, or ethical policies or
24	24	guidelines. Further, the bill prohibits any examining board or affiliated
25	25	credentialing board in the Department of Safety and Professional Services from
26	26	retaliating against, discriminating against, or taking adverse action against, or
27	27	denying, suspending, limiting, or revoking a credential to, a health care provider for
28	28	expressing his or her professional opinions.
29	29	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
30	30	enact as follows:
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35	35	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 611
36	36	SECTION 1. 146.98 of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	146.98 Right of health care providers to express professional opinions.
38	38	(1) In this section:
39	39	(a) “Health care entity” has the meaning given for “health care provider” in s.
40	40	146.81 (1) (i) to (p).
41	41	(b) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (hp).
42	42	(2) No health care entity may retaliate, discriminate, or take adverse action
43	43	against a health care provider for expressing the health care provider's professional
44	44	opinions relating to any health or medical information or guidance, including any
45	45	statements, policies, studies, publications, or orders.
46	46	(3) This section does not apply to health care entities that are faith-based or
47	47	religious institutions that have published religious, moral, or ethical policies or
48	48	guidelines to the extent that an action taken by a health care provider violates the
49	49	institution's religious, moral, or ethical policies or guidelines.
50	50	SECTION 2. 440.10 of the statutes is created to read:
51	51	440.10 Right of health care providers to express professional opinions.
52	52	(1) In this section, “health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) (a)
53	53	to (hp).
54	54	(2) No credentialing board may retaliate against, discriminate against, or take
55	55	adverse action against, or deny, suspend, limit, or revoke a credential to, a health
56	56	care provider for expressing the health care provider's professional opinions relating
57	57	to any health or medical information or guidance, including any statements, policies,
58	58	studies, publications, or orders.
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