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2005 SESSION
HB 2784 Abortion clinics; regulation and licensure.
Introduced by: John S. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Licensure of abortion clinics; penalties. Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility, other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center, in which 25 or more first trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and to comply with the requirements currently in place for ambulatory surgery centers effective July 1, 2005. The bill also places proposed and existing abortion clinics under the certificate of public need (COPN) law after July 1, 2005. Existing abortion clinics will be required to apply annually to the Board of Health to obtain an exemption by providing a rationale for being excluded. The Commissioner of Health will determine whether existing abortion clinics have demonstrated sufficient cause to be excluded from the COPN requirements according to certain criteria. The Commissioner is also empowered to deny, suspend or revoke the license upon finding the clinic is in violation of state or federal law or regulations.
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HISTORY
- 01/17/05 House: Presented & ordered printed 056604488
- 01/17/05 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/27/05 House: Reported from H. W. I. (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/28/05 House: Read first time
- 01/31/05 House: Read second time
- 01/31/05 House: Pending question ordered
- 01/31/05 House: Engrossed by House
- 02/01/05 House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N)
- 02/01/05 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (69-Y 28-N)
- 02/01/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/17/05 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Ed. & Health (6-Y 9-N)