Rep. HEWITT proposes the following Amendment No. to H.4025 as introduced by Ways & Means

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EXPLANATION:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 31, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, page 363, beginning on line 13, by striking proviso 31.31 and inserting:

/  31.31. (DPH: Abortion Clinic Certification) Prior to January 31, 2017, a facility other than a hospital that is licensed and certified by the department to perform abortions must file a report with the department that provides the number of physicians that performed an abortion at the facility between July 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016, who did not have admitting privileges at a local certified hospital and staff privileges to replace on staff physicians at the certified hospital and the percentage of these physician in relation to the overall number of physicians who performed abortions at the facility. The report must include a summation of any abortion that resulted in an outcome which required a level of aftercare that exceeds what is customarily provided by physicians in such cases in accordance with accepted medical practice and indicate whether or not the abortion was performed by a physician with admitting privileges at a local certified hospital and staff privileges to replace on staff physicians at the certified hospital. Any summation of any abortion must not divulge any information that is privileged or required to be maintained as confidential by any provision of law. An applicable facility must remit a twenty five dollar filing fee to the department for the report required by this provision.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend totals and titles to conform.