HB 1269-FN - AS INTRODUCED 2001 SESSION
01-2258 01/09
HOUSE BILL 1269-FN
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human
services to
compile and maintain abortion statistics.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 11
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
ANALYSIS: This bill requires the department
of health and human services to keep an annual
statistical report of each abortion performed.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears
in regular type.
01-2258 01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord
Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human services to compile
and
maintain abortion statistics.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
1 New Section; Report Required. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section
4-a
the following new section:
126-A:4-b Abortions; Report.
I. In this section:
(a)
"Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other
substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a
live
birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or
to remove
a dead fetus.
(b)
"Facility" or "medical facility" means any public or private hospital,
clinic,
center, medical school, medical training institution, health care facility,
physician's office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment
center, or other institution or location wherein medical care is provided
to any person.
(c)
"Practitioner" means any person performing an abortion in any facility.
II. A report of each abortion performed shall be
made to the department on forms
adopted by rule under
RSA 541-A. The department shall create the necessary
forms within 30 days after
January 1, 2003. The report forms shall not identify
the individual patient by
name and shall include the following information:
(a)
Identification of the practitioner who performed the abortion and of a
referring physician, agency, or service, if any.
(b)
Identification of facility where the abortion was performed, including
city and county where located.
(c)
The county and state in which the woman resides.
(d)
The woman's age, race, and marital status.
(e)
The type of abortion procedure performed or prescribed, including RU 486.
(f)
Date on which the abortion was performed.
III. The reports shall be completed in triplicate by the
hospital or other licensed
facility, signed by the
practitioner who performed the abortion, and transmitted
to the department within
15 days after the end of each reporting month. One
copy shall be given to the
patient, one copy shall be retained by the facility,
and one copy shall be filed
with the department.
IV. The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual
statistical report based
upon the data gathered under
this section. Such report shall not lead to the
disclosure of the identity
of any person filing a report or about whom a report
is filed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.
LBAO
01-2258
9/19/01
HB 1269-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human services to compile
and
maintain abortion statistics.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant
is unable to
complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information
from an agency.
