Gary Collins voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting
Signed by Governor Butch Otter
Title: Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting
Vote to pass a bill that requires medical professionals to report certain information related to complications resulting from abortion.
Requires any medical practitioner or facility that treats a patient care for complications resulting from an abortion to file a written report with the Department of Health and Welfare within 90 days (Sec. 1).
Defines “complication” to include medical issues including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
Uterine perforation;
Infection;
Hemorrhage;
Failure to terminate;
Subsequent development of breast cancer;
Inability, refusal, or unwillingness to have follow-up care;
Inability, refusal, or unwillingness to have a follow-up visit;
Any psychological or emotional condition reported by the patient;
Cramps that do not improve with medication; and
Any other adverse event.
Requires those who submit an application to attempt to ascertain and report information including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
Age and race of patient;
Number of pregnancies, live births, and abortions of the patient;
Date of the abortion;
Gestational age of the fetus; and
The specific complication.
Prohibits required reports from containing the following information (Sec. 1):
Name of the patient;
Common identifiers, such as social security number; and
Any other information that would made it possible to identify the patient.
Classifies the willful reporting of false information as a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Classifies the willful disclosure of information from a report as a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Specifies that any individual who willfully fails to file a report is guilty of unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline, as well as a civil fine of $500 per incident (Sec. 1).
Authorizes boards of medicine to take disciplinary action against practitioners for failure to comply with this statute (Secs. 2 & 3).
Title: Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting
Vote to pass a bill that requires medical professionals to report certain information related to complications resulting from abortion.
Requires any medical practitioner or facility that treats a patient care for complications resulting from an abortion to file a written report with the Department of Health and Welfare within 90 days (Sec. 1).
Defines “complication” to include medical issues including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
Uterine perforation;
Infection;
Hemorrhage;
Failure to terminate;
Subsequent development of breast cancer;
Inability, refusal, or unwillingness to have follow-up care;
Inability, refusal, or unwillingness to have a follow-up visit;
Any psychological or emotional condition reported by the patient;
Cramps that do not improve with medication; and
Any other adverse event.
Requires those who submit an application to attempt to ascertain and report information including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
Age and race of patient;
Number of pregnancies, live births, and abortions of the patient;
Date of the abortion;
Gestational age of the fetus; and
The specific complication.
Prohibits required reports from containing the following information (Sec. 1):
Name of the patient;
Common identifiers, such as social security number; and
Any other information that would made it possible to identify the patient.
Classifies the willful reporting of false information as a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Classifies the willful disclosure of information from a report as a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Specifies that any individual who willfully fails to file a report is guilty of unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline, as well as a civil fine of $500 per incident (Sec. 1).
Authorizes boards of medicine to take disciplinary action against practitioners for failure to comply with this statute (Secs. 2 & 3).
Title: Requires Additional Abortion Complications Reporting