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research.®® The Indiana bill proposes an amendment to the state tax 
code denying tax exemptions and credits for research involving 
human cloning or stem cell research with embryonic tissue. 
A Mississippi House Bill and a Mississippi Senate Bill 
provide that no public funds shall be used to assist in or to provide 
facilities for stem cell research that uses cells from human embryos 
and human cloning. 
Finally, although not establishing public funds for 
embryonic stem cell research, six Florida bills seek to establish a 
center for "Universal Research to Eradicate Disease" which will 
facilitate funding opportunities for stem cell research.®^ 
E. Proposed Bills on Health Care Providers* Right of 
Conscience 
In addition to proposing bills on the prohibition of or 
allowance of embryonic stem cell research and cloning, a number of 
states have proposed bills protecting a health care provider, payer, or 
institution’s right to refuse certain services based on moral or ethical 
convictions. Kansas, Louisiana, and Rhode Island have all 
introduced bills entitled "Health Care Providers Rights of 
Conscience." 
The Kansas bill introduced on January 28, 2002, specifically 
allows all persons to refuse to participate in the provision of, or pay 
for, a health care service related to human cloning and embryonic 
stem cell and fetal experimentation. The Louisiana bill and the 
identical Rhode Island House and Senate bills allow all health care 
providers, institutions and payers to decline to counsel, advise, pay 
for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in providing or performing 
health care services that violate their consciences, including, human 
cloning and embryonic stem cell research. 
F. Constitutionality of State Law 
Not all regulations affecting research are constitutional. 
Laws restricting research on conceptuses may be struck down as too 
IN HB 1001; MI SB 1485; MI HB 4454; MS HB 361; MS SB 2747. 
FL SB 2212; FL SB 572; FL SB 2390; FL HB 107A; FL HB 845; FL SB 2142. 
KS HB 2711; LA SB 850; RI SB 906; RI HB 5846. 
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