House Study Bill 253



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON UPMEYER)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to information to be reported regarding an
  2    induced termination of pregnancy performed on a minor, and
  3    making penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 3124YC 81
  6 pf/cf/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 144.29A, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  If the termination is induced and if
  1  4 the patient is a minor, the following, as applicable:
  1  5    (1)  If notification was provided to a parent of the minor.
  1  6    (2)  If the minor obtained a waiver of the notification
  1  7 requirement from the juvenile court.
  1  8    (3)  If the requirement of notification of a parent was
  1  9 inapplicable and the reason that the requirement was
  1 10 inapplicable as specified in section 135L.3, subsection 3,
  1 11 paragraph "m".
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill requires a health care provider who induces a
  1 14 termination of pregnancy when the patient is a minor to report
  1 15 if notification was provided to a parent of the minor, if the
  1 16 minor obtained a waiver of the notification requirement from
  1 17 the juvenile court, or if the requirement of notification of a
  1 18 parent was inapplicable and the reason that the requirement
  1 19 was inapplicable.
  1 20    Existing provisions under Code chapter 144 provide that a
  1 21 person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if the person
  1 22 knowingly violates a provision of Code section 144.29A, the
  1 23 termination of pregnancy reporting section.
  1 24 LSB 3124YC 81
  1 25 pf:rj/cf/24