Signed by Governor Rick Scott

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that establishes certain requirements for facilities that perform abortions, effective July 1, 2016.

Highlights:

• Classifies the failure to dispose of fetal remains in a sanitary manner as a first degree misdemeanor (Sec. 3).

• Defines “second trimester” as the period of time between the twelfth and twenty-third week of gestation (Sec. 2).

• Defines “third trimester” as the period of time from the beginning of the twenty-fourth week of gestation through birth (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a state agency or a local government entity from expending funds to an organization that owns, operates, or is affiliated with any clinic that performs abortions, except in the following circumstances (Sec. 3):
• The abortions performed are on fetuses conceived through rape or incest;
• The abortions performed are medically necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman or to avert serious physical impairment, other than a psychological condition;
• The funds are expended to fulfill the terms of a contract entered into before July 1, 2016; or
• The funds are expended as reimbursement for Medicaid services provided on a fee-for-service basis.

• Requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within “reasonable proximity” to the clinic (Sec. 4).

• Requires clinics to have a written patient transfer agreement which must include the transfer of the patient’s medical records (Sec. 4).

• This is a substitute bill sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes requirements for the disposal of fetal remains, effective July 1, 2016.

Highlights:

• Classifies the failure to dispose of fetal remains in a sanitary manner as a first degree misdemeanor (Sec. 3).

• Defines “second trimester” as the period of time between the twelfth and twenty-third week of gestation (Sec. 2).

• Defines “third trimester” as the period of time from the beginning of the twenty-fourth week of gestation through birth (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a state agency or a local government entity from expending funds to an organization that owns, operates, or is affiliated with any clinic that performs abortions, except in the following circumstances (Sec. 3):
• The abortions performed are on fetuses conceived through rape or incest;
• The abortions performed are medically necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman or to avert serious physical impairment, other than a psychological condition;
• The funds are expended to fulfill the terms of a contract entered into before July 1, 2016; or
• The funds are expended as reimbursement for Medicaid services provided on a fee-for-service basis.

• Requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within “reasonable proximity” to the clinic (Sec. 4).

• Requires clinics to have a written patient transfer agreement which must include the transfer of the patient’s medical records (Sec. 4).

• This is a substitute bill sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes requirements for the disposal of fetal remains, effective July 1, 2016.

Highlights:

• Classifies the failure to dispose of fetal remains in a sanitary manner as a first degree misdemeanor (Sec. 3).

• Defines “second trimester” as the period of time between the twelfth and twenty-third week of gestation (Sec. 2).

• Defines “third trimester” as the period of time from the beginning of the twenty-fourth week of gestation through birth (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a state agency or a local government entity from expending funds to an organization that owns, operates, or is affiliated with any clinic that performs abortions, except in the following circumstances (Sec. 3):
• The abortions performed are on fetuses conceived through rape or incest;
• The abortions performed are medically necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman or to avert serious physical impairment, other than a psychological condition;
• The funds are expended to fulfill the terms of a contract entered into before July 1, 2016; or
• The funds are expended as reimbursement for Medicaid services provided on a fee-for-service basis.

• This is a substitute bill sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee.

Full Bill Text