LC 3.10 MSRA Amendment (Rejected)

[Pyro]

MSRA Amendment

SECTION I: NAME
This act shall be known as the Medical Standardization and Regulations Act
SECTION II: HEALTHCARE SAFETY REGULATIONS
1. All private medical facilities must follow the regional laws of Lincoln as the “floor or base” law
   a. Such areas include
       I. Worker Rights
           1. Such as, but not limited to, following the minimum wage laws of the Region of Lincoln
       II. Basic sanitation protocol
       III. Codified medical ethics
       IIII. And other laws bounding the continuation of public medical facilities
    b. Failure to comply will issue the same treatment as a public medical facility for that specific
        infraction
         I. Continued failures to comply will lead to a revoking of said facility’s medical charter
     c. Inspections of a private medical facility will follow the same protocols, laws, and treatment
         bounding inspections of a public facility
2. Any doctor in Lincoln providing treatment to a patient for complications arising from an abortion shall report the following information to the Regional government about the treatment: a. The age of the patient b. Those symptoms or complications arising from the abortion, including but not limited to:
  i. Kidney Failure
  ii. Cardiac arrest
  iii. Internal bleeding
  iv. Blood clots
  v. Depression
  vi. Anxiety
  vii. Sleep Disorders
  viii. Phantom Pain
3. No Regional money shall be used to contract for services from private medical entities.
4. Persons licensed by the state of Lincoln shall be the only persons legally allowed to perform abortions.
5. The requesting and performance of any abortive procedure on the basis of race, sex, or sexual orientation is hereby prohibited.
6. The sale of fetal tissue against the wishes of the patient of which the cells were collected from is hereby prohibited.
7. The purposeful neglect or euthanasia of any fetus that survives a botched abortion and is born-alive shall be punished as murder
SECTION III: TIMING
1. This act shall take effect forty-five (45) days after passage.

Sponsor: Thr33

The Debating Period has commenced. It shall last no less than 72 hours.

[Mr. Reactionary]

So for #3 does that basically mean like half of all medical providers are ineligible for medicaid or whatever Regional program yall have to reimburse medical costs?

[PSOL]

I can amend that

Section II: Healthcare Safety Regulation

3. No Regional money shall be used to contract for services from private medical entities facilities.

[Pyro]

I share the same issues with this bill as I did in the last session, and remain opposed to its passing.

I am concerned that Sec II-2 is a rather clear infringement on the privacy rights of patients receiving treatment. It is not the business of the Lincoln Government to collect information on women receiving medical care. I see no reason why this information needs to be shared with anyone other than the medical staff and the patient herself.

I also see no reason why licensed or certified doctors from other Atlasian regions, or abroad for that matter, should be forbidden from providing their medical practice in Lincoln.

[Pyro]

Amendment L 3:05 by PSOL to LC 3.10 MSRA Amendment

Section II: Healthcare Safety Regulation

3. No Regional money shall be used to contract for services from private medical entities facilities.

Sponsor Feedback: Friendly
Status: 24 Hours for Objection, Otherwise Added to the Bill

[Pyro]

With no objection, Amendment L 3:05 is added to the bill.

[PSOL]

Motion for cloture of the debate if there are no other objections.

[Pyro]

Motion for cloture of the debate if there are no other objections.

Mr. Chancellor, are you moving for cloture or a final vote?

Edit: This has been confirmed to be a call for cloture.

[Pyro]

Councilors, a vote is now OPEN on the Motion for Cloture

Should the Council close debate and proceed to an immediate final vote?

Please vote AYE, NAY or Abstain

As per the Standing Rules of the Council: This vote shall last for 48 hours, until all Councilors have voted or until 2/3 of the membership have voted AYE. Councilors may not object to cloture.

[Pyro]

Nay.

[DKrol]

Aye.

[PSOL]

Aye

[Continential]

Aye.

[NyIndy]

Aye

[Pyro]

The CLOTURE vote on LC 3.10 MSRA Amendment is now closed.

Aye: 5 (Thr33, DKrol, PSOL, Ishan, NyIndy)
Nay: 1 (Pyro)
Abstain: 0
Not Voting: 1 (Wazza)

With the concurrence of two-thirds of the Council, debate is now closed and we shall proceed to a final vote.

[Pyro]

Councilors, a Final Vote is now OPEN on the Following Legislation

MSRA Amendment

SECTION I: NAME
This act shall be known as the Medical Standardization and Regulations Act
SECTION II: HEALTHCARE SAFETY REGULATIONS
1. All private medical facilities must follow the regional laws of Lincoln as the “floor or base” law
   a. Such areas include
       I. Worker Rights
           1. Such as, but not limited to, following the minimum wage laws of the Region of Lincoln
       II. Basic sanitation protocol
       III. Codified medical ethics
       IIII. And other laws bounding the continuation of public medical facilities
    b. Failure to comply will issue the same treatment as a public medical facility for that specific
        infraction
         I. Continued failures to comply will lead to a revoking of said facility’s medical charter
     c. Inspections of a private medical facility will follow the same protocols, laws, and treatment
         bounding inspections of a public facility
2. Any doctor in Lincoln providing treatment to a patient for complications arising from an abortion shall report the following information to the Regional government about the treatment: a. The age of the patient b. Those symptoms or complications arising from the abortion, including but not limited to:
  i. Kidney Failure
  ii. Cardiac arrest
  iii. Internal bleeding
  iv. Blood clots
  v. Depression
  vi. Anxiety
  vii. Sleep Disorders
  viii. Phantom Pain
3. No Regional money shall be used to contract for services from private medical facilities.
4. Persons licensed by the state of Lincoln shall be the only persons legally allowed to perform abortions.
5. The requesting and performance of any abortive procedure on the basis of race, sex, or sexual orientation is hereby prohibited.
6. The sale of fetal tissue against the wishes of the patient of which the cells were collected from is hereby prohibited.
7. The purposeful neglect or euthanasia of any fetus that survives a botched abortion and is born-alive shall be punished as murder
SECTION III: TIMING
1. This act shall take effect forty-five (45) days after passage.

Please vote AYE, NAY, or Abstain.
The vote shall last for 48 hours or until all Councilors have voted.

[Pyro]

As this legislature presses on to the final vote following minimal debate, I would like to briefly state my emphatic opposition to the passage of this legislation in its present form.

Although I commend the willingness of the Chancellor here to compromise with the Minority Leader, I would implore my fellow Councilors to please recall that the intention of the original bill was to reduce the accessibility of abortion facilities to women. I will grant that the worst has been sheered from the first iteration of the bill, but what remains is still geared toward this exact same goal.

Section II-2, the stipulation which mandates that patient information be reported to the regional government in the case of abortion complications, violates the privacy rights of women seeking abortions and, as I would argue, has the potential to deter women from seeking medical care. The government has no right to collect information on these women, and especially not so for symptoms like anxiety and depression.

Section II-4 is nonsensical. There is no legitimate reason to ban doctors from performing abortions if they were licensed from another region. Is Lincoln declaring that Frémontian doctors are somehow inferior to those in Lincoln? We should welcome our doors to medical practitioners from all regions without question.

Section II-6 is incredibly problematic as well, as is II-7. Neither represent reality, as neither of these situations occur. It would be a stain on our region to incorporate these ludicrous stipulations into law.

I would urge my fellow Councilors, those who believe in Women's Rights and the Right to Choose, to oppose this legislation on the basis I have outlined. Thank you.

I vote NAY.

[NyIndy]

Aye

[DKrol]

Nay

[PSOL]

Nay, while this bill is a step forward from the original, the glaring reality of its restrictions to abortion have still turned off many on the fence in the government side and even with moderate opposition members.

[Pyro]

The the Final Vote on LC 3.10 MSRA Amendment is now closed.

Aye: 2 (Thr33, NyIndy)
Nay: 3 (Pyro, DKrol, PSOL)
Abstain: 0
Not Voting: 2 (Ishan, Wazza)

The Nays have it. The legislation is Defeated.