S.Amdt. 387

SA 387. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the
following:

SEC. 7__. CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES
WHO PROVIDE OR ASSIST WITH PROVISION OF HEALTH
CARE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall not take
any adverse action against a member of the Armed Forces who
provides or assists in the provision of health care for the
Department of Defense (including as a behavioral, mental, or
physical health professional) on the basis that such member
declines to perform, assist, refer for, or otherwise
participate in a particular medical procedure, counseling
activity, or course of treatment because of a sincere
religious belief or moral conviction of such member or
because the particular medical procedure, counseling
activity, or course of treatment would, in the professional
medical judgment of such member, be harmful to the patient.
(b) No Impact on Care.--The Secretary shall ensure that no
patient is unduly delayed in receiving any medically
indicated care they are otherwise eligible to receive,
including preventative, emergency, and routine care, because
of compliance by the Secretary with subsection (a).
(c) Adverse Action Defined.--In this section, the term
``adverse action'' includes any adverse personnel action,
discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training,
or assignment.
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