File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1156
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Haines, Harris,
Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled:
-
Abortion - The Women's Health Protection Act
Including facilities that perform abortion services in the definition
of "freestanding ambulatory care facility"; requiring a qualified
individual to screen a pregnant woman before an abortion may be
provided by evaluating the presence of risk factors such as a family
history of breast cancer, a history of prior abortion, and moral or
religious convictions against abortion; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to maintain an Abortion Information
Depository that contains specified information; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ABORTION
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CLINICS
- COUNSELORS -see also- SOCIAL WORKERS
- DAMAGES
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
- INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- NOTICES
- NURSES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- PREGNANCY
- PSYCHIATRISTS
- PSYCHOLOGISTS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- SOCIAL WORKERS
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-904 ,
5-109
)
- Health - General
- (
19-3B-01 ,
19-3B-01 ,
19-3B-02 ,
20-103 ,
20-201 ,
20-202 ,
20-203 ,
20-204 ,
20-205 ,
20-206 ,
20-207 ,
20-207 ,
20-208 ,
20-208 ,
20-209 ,
20-209 ,
20-214
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered