individual rights

individual rights Sec. 214. (a) Subsection (c) of section 401 of the Health Programs Extension Act of 1973 is amended (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(c)”, (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) No entity which receives after the date of enactment of this paragraph a grant or contract for biomedical or behavioral research under any program administered by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may— “(A) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or “(B) discriminate in the extension of staff or other privileges to any physician or other health care personnel, because he performed or assisted in the performance of any lawful health service or research activity, because he refused to perform or assist in the performance of any such service or activity on the grounds that his performance or assistance in the performance of such service or activity would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions, or because of his religious beliefs or moral convictions respecting any such service or activity.” (b) Section 401 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) No individual shall be required to perform or assist in the performance of any part of a health service program or research activity funded in whole or in part under a program administered by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare if his performance or assistance in the performance of such part of such program or activity would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions.”