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 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  144.29A  TERMINATION OF
 5   PREGNANCY REPORTING.
 6     1.  A health care provider who initially identifies
 7   and diagnoses a spontaneous termination of pregnancy
 8   or who induces a termination of pregnancy shall file
 9   with the department a report for each termination
10   within thirty days of the occurrence.  The report
11   shall contain all of the following information that is
12   available with respect to each termination:
13     a.  The confidential health care provider code as
14   assigned by the department.
15     b.  The type of health facility.
16     c.  The report tracking number.
17     d.  The state of residence and, if this state, the
18   county of residence of the patient.
19     e.  The race of the patient.
20     f.  The age of the patient.
21     g.  The marital status of the patient.
22     h.  The educational level of the patient.
23     i.  The number of previous pregnancies, live
24   births, and spontaneous or induced termination of
25   pregnancies.
26     j.  The month and year in which the termination
27   occurred.
28     k.  The number of weeks since the patient's last
29   menstrual period and a clinical estimate of gestation.
30     l.  Complications, if any.
31     m.  The cause of spontaneous termination, if known.
32     n.  The type of termination procedure, if the
33   termination is induced.
34     2.  It is the intent of the general assembly that
35   the information shall be collected, reproduced,
36   released, and disclosed in a manner specified by rule
37   of the department, adopted pursuant to chapter 17A,
38   which ensures the anonymity of the patient who
39   experiences a termination of pregnancy, the health
40   care provider who identifies and diagnoses or induces
41   a termination of pregnancy, and the hospital, clinic,
42   or other health facility in which a termination of
43   pregnancy is identified and diagnosed or induced.  The
44   department may share information with federal public
45   health officials for the purposes of securing federal
46   funding or conducting public health research.
47   However, in sharing the information, the department
48   shall not relinquish control of the information, and
49   any agreement entered into by the department with
50   federal public health officials to share information

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