An Act relating to revenue and taxation; defining terms; creating tax credit for contributions made to pregnancy resource centers; limiting tax credit amount; limiting certain uses of tax credit; limiting ability to claim credit; authorizing director of Oklahoma Department of Human Services to classify pregnancy resource centers; requiring certain procedure; allowing pregnancy resource centers to decline contributions; requiring pregnancy resource centers to provide certain information; requiring director to provide certain information to Oklahoma Tax Commission; subjecting director to certain requirements; imposing cap on tax credits; prescribing formula with respect to administration of cap; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
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Grants medical practitioners, health care payors, and institutions the right to deny care based on conscience without facing professional reprimand. The definition of a medical practitioner includes anyone in the chain of care, including non-medical staff like receptionists.
Conscience is defined as an individual’s or entity’s ethical, moral, or religious beliefs. Retaliation is broadly defined as discrimination against a person or entity for exercising their conscious.
This is similar to Sen. McIntosh’s SB 959 (2025). However, HB 1224 requires a higher level of transparency from health insurance companies and health systems pertaining to their ethics policies.
Although rewritten, Rep. Kevin West introduced this bill as HB 3214 (2024).
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