Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 12-0531.01 Michael Dohr x4347   SENATE BILL 12-054
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Boyd,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Health and Human Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning protection for employees of licensed health
            care facilities who exercise their own judgment.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            A licensed health care facility or its agent is prohibited from
       retaliating against an employee of the licensed health care facility who
       performs an act or omits an act:
                 That, in the best medical judgment of the employee using
                 the best available practices, is in the best interest of the
                 patient; or
                 When following a patient's directive.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 25-3-112 as
       follows:
            25-3-112. Prohibition on retaliation - definition. (1)  A licensed
       health care facility as listed in section 25-3-101 (1) or its agent
       shall not retaliate against an employee of the licensed health
       care facility for performing an act or omitting an act:
            (a)  That, in the best medical judgment of the employee
       using the best available practices, is in the best interest of the
       patient; or
            (b)  When following a patient's directive.
            (2)  For purposes of this section, "retaliate" means
       demotion, reassignment of duties, discharge from employment,
       or loss of pay or benefits.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.