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House Journal: Page 687: Wednesday, March 19, 1997

 4   that the hearing on the petition shall be held and the
 5   court shall rule on the petition within forty-eight
 6   hours of the filing of the petition."
 7     2.  Page 2, line 13, by inserting after the word
 8   "obtained." the following:  "A person who knowingly
 9   violates the confidentiality provisions of this
10   subparagraph is guilty of a serious misdemeanor."
11     3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 17 the
12   following:
13     "Sec. ___.  Section 135L.3, subsection 3, Code
14   1997, is amended by adding the following new
15   paragraph:
16     NEW PARAGRAPH.  o.  A person who knowingly violates
17   the confidentiality requirements of this section
18   relating to court proceedings and documents is guilty
19   of a serious misdemeanor."
Boddicker of Cedar offered the following amendment H-1155, to
the committee amendment H-1035, filed by him and moved its
adoption:

H-1155

 1     Amend the amendment, H-1035, to House File 121 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 1, the
 4   following:
 5     "___.  Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the
 6   following:
 7     "Sec. ___.  Section 135L.2, subsections 3 and 6,
 8   Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
 9     3.  During the initial appointment between a
10   licensed physician from whom a pregnant minor is
11   seeking the performance of an abortion and a pregnant
12   minor, a the licensed physician, who is
providing
13   medical services to a pregnant minor, shall offer the
14   viewing of the video and the written decision-making
15   materials to the pregnant minor, and shall obtain the
16   signed and dated certification form from the pregnant
17   minor.  If the pregnant minor has previously been
18   offered the viewing of the video and the written
19   decision-making materials by another source, the
20   licensed physician shall obtain the completed
21   certification form from the other source to verify
22   that the pregnant minor has been offered the viewing
23   of the video and the written decision-making
24   materials.  A licensed physician shall not perform an
25   abortion on a pregnant minor prior to obtaining the
26   completed certification form from a pregnant minor.
27     6.  Following the offering of the viewing of the
28   video and of the written decision-making materials,
29   the pregnant minor shall sign and date the
30   certification form attached to the materials, and

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