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House Journal: Page 694: Wednesday, March 19, 1997

11     a.  "Medical emergency" means a condition that,
12   based on a physician's clinical judgment, so
13   complicates the health of a minor as to require
14   immediate medical intervention.
15     b.  "Minor" means a person under eighteen years of
16   age who has not been and is not married.
17     c.  "Parent" means one parent or a legal guardian
18   or custodian of a minor.
19     d.  "Vasectomy" means the surgical excision of part
20   or all of the vas deferens to effect sterility in
21   males.
22     2.  A medical provider shall not perform a
23   vasectomy on a minor until a parent of the minor has
24   been notified of the minor's request for the
25   performance of the procedure.  This requirement does
26   not apply if the medical provider certifies, in
27   writing, that a medical emergency exists which
28   necessitates the immediate performance of the
29   procedure."
30        . Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
31   words "prior to" the following:  "certain procedures
32   and processes relating to minors, including prior to a
33   vasectomy on a minor, and prior to".
34     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1249 was adopted.
Connors of Polk moved the adoption of amendment H-1231, as
amended.
Amendment H-1231 lost.
Fallon of Polk offered the following amendment H-1226 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-1226

 1     Amend House File 121 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 17 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  Section 135L.3, subsection 3, Code
 5   1997, is amended by adding the following new
 6   paragraph:
 7     NEW PARAGRAPH.  O.  A person who performs an
 8   abortion on a pregnant minor under this section shall
 9   maintain the confidentiality of the pregnant minor's
10   medical file including any documents relating to the
11   abortion, and shall only provide access to the
12   pregnant minor's medical file to a health care
13   provider providing medical services to the pregnant
14   minor which necessitate access to the file and to any
15   person for whom the pregnant minor requests access."
Amendment H-1226 lost.

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