Associated Press reports. If he takes no action within five days from receiving the bill, it becomes law without his signature.
If he vetoes it, a simple majority of legislators can override the veto.The measure would allow medical workers, institutions, and payers to opt out of providing care to which they object on the grounds of religion or conscience, except in emergency situations.Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe, a Republican who is running for lieutenant governor, opposed a similar bill in 2017 but endorsed this one, the AP reports.
Speaking to lawmakers last month, he said that among other things, doctors and other health care workers were concerned about being forced to participate in gender-confirmation procedures for.