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1 1 Amend Senate File 13, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 7 and 8.
1 4 #2. Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 11 and
1 5 inserting the following:
1 6 "5. "Medical emergency" means a condition that,
1 7 based on a physician's clinical judgment, so
1 8 complicates the medical condition of a pregnant minor
1 9 as to necessitate the immediate abortion of the
1 10 minor's pregnancy to avert the minor's death or for
1 11 which a delay will create a risk of substantial and
1 12 irreversible impairment of a major bodily function."
1 13 #3. Page 1, by striking lines 14 through 18 and
1 14 inserting the following:
1 15 "7. "Parent" means one parent or a legal guardian
1 16 or custodian of a pregnant minor."
1 17 #4. Page 1, by striking line 21 and inserting the
1 18 following: "minor to assist the minor in the".
1 19 #5. By striking page 1, line 23, through page 5,
1 20 line 13, and inserting the following:
1 21 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 135L.2 DECISION-MAKING
1 22 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PROSPECTIVE MINOR PARENTS
1 23 ESTABLISHED.
1 24 1. A decision-making assistance program is created
1 25 to provide assistance to minors in making informed
1 26 decisions relating to pregnancy. The program shall
1 27 offer and include all of the following:
1 28 a. (1) A video, to be developed by a person
1 29 selected through a request for proposals process,
1 30 which provides information regarding the various
1 31 options available to a pregnant minor with regard to
1 32 the pregnancy, including a decision to continue the
1 33 pregnancy to term and retain parental rights following
1 34 the child's birth, a decision to continue the
1 35 pregnancy to term and place the child for adoption
1 36 following the child's birth, and a decision to
1 37 terminate the pregnancy through abortion. The video
1 38 shall provide the information in a manner and
1 39 language, including but not limited to, the use of
1 40 closed captioning for the hearing-impaired, which will
1 41 be understood by a minor.
1 42 (2) The video shall explain that public and
1 43 private agencies are available to assist a pregnant
1 44 minor with any alternative chosen.
1 45 (3) The video shall explain that tendering false
1 46 documents is a fraudulent practice in the fourth
1 47 degree pursuant to section 135L.7.
1 48 b. Written decision-making materials which include
1 49 all of the following:
1 50 (1) Information regarding the options described in
2 1 the video including information regarding the agencies
2 2 and programs available to provide assistance to the
2 3 pregnant minor in parenting a child; information
2 4 relating to adoption including but not limited to
2 5 information regarding child placing agencies as
2 6 defined in section 238.2, including private,
2 7 quasipublic, and public agencies or persons; and
2 8 information regarding abortion including but not
2 9 limited to the legal requirements relative to the
2 10 performance of an abortion on a pregnant minor. The
2 11 information shall include a listing of the agencies
2 12 and programs and the services available from each.
2 13 (2) A workbook which is to be used in viewing the
2 14 video and which includes a questionnaire and exercises
2 15 to assist a pregnant minor in viewing the video and in
2 16 considering the options available regarding the
2 17 minor's pregnancy.
2 18 (3) A detachable certification form to be signed
2 19 by the minor and a responsible adult, if a responsible
2 20 adult accompanies the pregnant minor, certifying that
2 21 the pregnant minor was offered a viewing of the video
2 22 and the written decision-making materials.
2 23 2. The video shall be available through the state
2 24 and local offices of the Iowa department of public
2 25 health, the department of human services, and the
2 26 judicial department; the office of each licensed
2 27 physician who performs abortions, and the office of
2 28 any other licensed physician, upon request of the
2 29 physician; nonprofit agencies serving minors, upon
2 30 request of the agency; and any other person providing
2 31 services to minors, upon request of the person.
2 32 3. During the initial appointment between a
2 33 licensed physician and a pregnant minor, a licensed
2 34 physician, who is providing medical services to a
2 35 pregnant minor, shall offer the viewing of the video
2 36 and the written decision-making materials to the
2 37 pregnant minor, and shall obtain the signed and dated
2 38 certification form from the pregnant minor. If the
2 39 pregnant minor has previously been offered the viewing
2 40 of the video and the written decision-making materials
2 41 by another source, the licensed physician shall obtain
2 42 the completed written certification form from the
2 43 other source to verify that the pregnant minor has
2 44 been offered the viewing of the video and the written
2 45 decision-making materials. A licensed physician shall
2 46 not perform an abortion on a pregnant minor prior to
2 47 obtaining the completed certification form from a
2 48 pregnant minor.
2 49 4. A pregnant minor shall be encouraged to select
2 50 a responsible adult, preferably a parent of the
3 1 pregnant minor, to accompany the pregnant minor in
3 2 viewing the video and in providing certification of
3 3 the offering of the viewing of the video and of the
3 4 decision-making materials.
3 5 5. To the extent possible and at the discretion of
3 6 the pregnant minor, the person responsible for
3 7 impregnating the pregnant minor shall also be involved
3 8 in the viewing of the video and in the receipt of
3 9 written decision-making materials.
3 10 6. Following the offering of the viewing of the
3 11 video and of the written decision-making materials,
3 12 the pregnant minor and the responsible adult, if a
3 13 responsible adult is involved, shall sign and date the
3 14 certification form attached to the materials, and
3 15 shall submit the completed form to the licensed
3 16 physician or provide the person making the offer with
3 17 information to send the completed form to the pregnant
3 18 minor's attending physician. The person offering the
3 19 viewing of the video and the decision-making materials
3 20 shall also provide a copy of the completed
3 21 certification form to the pregnant minor and to the
3 22 responsible adult, if a responsible adult is involved.
3 23 The responsible adult shall destroy the copy of the
3 24 completed certification document one year subsequent
3 25 to the date of receipt of the copy."
3 26 #6. By striking page 5, line 14, through page 8,
3 27 line 17.
3 28 #7. Page 11, by striking lines 6 through 8.
3 29 #8. Page 11, line 20, by inserting after the word
3 30 "agency" the following: "other than a child-placing
3 31 agency under the management or control of any division
3 32 of the department of human services or any
3 33 administrator of the department of human services".
3 34 #9. Page 11, by striking lines 22 and 23 and
3 35 inserting the following:
3 36 "(5) A representative of a crisis pregnancy
3 37 center.
3 38 (6) A representative of an abortion provider."
3 39 #10. Page 12, by inserting after line 6 the
3 40 following:
3 41 "(5) A minor who is at least fourteen but less
3 42 than eighteen years of age at the time of the
3 43 appointment."
3 44 #11. Page 12, by striking lines 7 through 11 and
3 45 inserting the following:
3 46 "2. Representative associations of professionals
3 47 and providers who are to be appointed to the advisory
3 48 committee may submit a listing of nominees to the
3 49 governor. The governor may consider the listings in
3 50 appointing members to the advisory committee. The
4 1 governor shall appoint members who represent a variety
4 2 of philosophical views."
4 3 #12. Page 13, line 5, by striking the word
4 4 "document" and inserting the following: "materials".
4 5 #13. Page 13, line 25, by striking the words "or
4 6 emancipated pregnant minor's".
4 7 #14. Page 13, by striking lines 28 through 33 and
4 8 inserting the following: "of an abortion on a
4 9 pregnant minor which results in the inapplicability of
4 10 section".
4 11 #15. Page 14, by striking lines 23 through 25.
4 12 #16. Page 14, line 29, by striking the word and
4 13 figure: "135L.3 or".
4 14 #17. By striking page 14, line 30, through page
4 15 15, line 1.
4 16 #18. Page 15, by striking lines 6 and 7 and
4 17 inserting the following:
4 18 "1. Knowingly signs the written certification
4 19 document under section 135L.2, falsely certifying that
4 20 the".
4 21 #19. Page 15, by striking lines 11 through 14 and
4 22 inserting the following:
4 23 "a. A false original or copy of the signed and
4 24 dated certification form to be retained by the
4 25 licensed physician or sent to the pregnant minor's
4 26 attending physician pursuant to section 135L.2."
4 27 #20. Page 15, by inserting after line 21 the
4 28 following:
4 29 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 135L.8 IMMUNITIES.
4 30 1. A person is immune from any liability, civil or
4 31 criminal, for any act, omission, or decision made in
4 32 good faith compliance with this chapter.
4 33 2. This section shall not be construed to limit
4 34 civil or criminal liability of a person for any act,
4 35 omission, or decision made in relation to the
4 36 performance of a medical procedure on a pregnant
4 37 minor."
4 38 #21. Page 15, lines 22 and 23, by striking the
4 39 words "ADOPTION OF CHILD BORN TO A MINOR OR".
4 40 #22. Page 15, by striking lines 27 through 29 and
4 41 inserting the following: "notification requirements
4 42 relating to the performance of an abortion on a minor
4 43 pursuant to section 135L.4."
4 44 #23. By striking page 15, line 30, through page
4 45 16, line 19.
4 46 #24. Page 16, by inserting after line 27 the
4 47 following:
4 48 "Sections 1 and 4 of this Act relating to the
4 49 notification of a parent prior to the performance of
4 50 an abortion on a minor take effect July 1, 1995."
5 1 #25. Title page, line 1, by striking the word
5 2 "process" and inserting the following: "assistance
5 3 program".
5 4 #26. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
5 5 word "parents" the following: "including notification
5 6 of a parent prior to the performance of an abortion on
5 7 a minor".
5 8 #27. By renumbering as necessary.
5 9
5 10
5 11
5 12 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
5 13 DAGGETT of Union, Chairperson
5 14 SF 13.512 76
5 15 pf/jw
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