House Journal: Page 749: Thursday, March 14, 1996

i.  A pregnant minor who chooses to utilize the waiver of
notification procedures under this section shall not be required
to pay a fee at any level of the proceedings.  Fees charged and
court costs taxed in connection with a proceeding under this
section are waived.
j.  If the court denies the petition for waiver of notification
and if the decision is not appealed or all appeals are
exhausted, the court shall advise the pregnant minor that, upon
the request of the pregnant minor, the court will appoint a
licensed marital and family therapist to assist the pregnant
minor in addressing any intrafamilial problems.  All costs of
services provided by a court-appointed licensed marital and
family therapist shall be paid by the court through the
expenditure of funds appropriated to the judicial department.
k.  Venue for proceedings under this section is in any court in
the state.
l.  The supreme court shall prescribe rules to ensure that the
proceedings under this section are performed in an expeditious
and confidential manner.
m.  The requirements of this section regarding notification of a
parent of a pregnant minor prior to the performance of an
abortion on a pregnant minor do not apply if any of the
following applies:
(1)  The abortion is authorized in writing by a parent entitled
to notification.
(2)  (a)  The pregnant minor declares, in a written statement
submitted to the attending physician, a reason for not notifying
a parent and a reason for notifying a grandparent or an aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor in lieu of the notification of a
parent.  Upon receipt of the written statement from the pregnant
minor, the attending physician shall provide notification to a
grandparent or an aunt or uncle of the pregnant minor, specified
by the pregnant minor, in the manner in which notification is
provided to a parent.
(b)  The notification form shall be in duplicate and shall
include both of the following:
(i)  A declaration which informs the grandparent or the aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor that the grandparent or aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor may be subject to civil action if
the grandparent or aunt or uncle accepts notification.
(ii)  A provision that the grandparent or aunt or uncle of the
pregnant minor may refuse acceptance of notification.
(3)  The pregnant minor's attending physician certifies in
writing that a medical emergency exists which necessitates the
immediate performance of an abortion in accordance with section
135L.6.
(4)  The pregnant minor declares that the pregnant minor is a
victim of child abuse pursuant to section 232.68, the person
responsible for the care of the child is a parent of the child,
and either the abuse has been reported pursuant to the
procedures prescribed in chapter 232, division III, part 2, or a
parent of the child is named in a report of founded child abuse.
 The department of human services shall maintain confidentiality
under chapter 232 regarding the pregnant minor's pregnancy and
abortion, if the abortion is obtained.
(5)  The pregnant minor declares that the pregnant minor is a
victim of sexual abuse as defined in chapter 709 and has
reported the sexual abuse to law enforcement.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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