House File 235 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 235 BY SALMON , HOLT , SHEETS , CARLIN , HEARTSILL , GUSTAFSON , WHEELER , FISHER , GASSMAN , and LUNDGREN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the restrictions on distribution of certain 1 public funds for abortion. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1119YH (15) 87 pf/nh

H.F. 235 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 146B.1 Abortions —— restrictions —— 1 public funds. 2 1. For the purposes of this chapter: 3 a. “Abortion” means as defined in section 146.1. 4 b. “Health care facility” means as defined in section 5 135C.1. 6 c. “Public funds” means state, county, or local government 7 moneys authorized or appropriated pursuant to state law or 8 derived from any fund in which such moneys are deposited. 9 “Public funds” does not include federal moneys received by the 10 state under Title X of the federal Public Health Service Act 11 as specified in 42 U.S.C. §300 et seq. for family planning 12 services; the personal responsibility education program 13 as specified in 42 U.S.C. §713; the separate program for 14 abstinence education as specified in 42 U.S.C. §710; or through 15 the temporary assistance for needy families program for the 16 community adolescent pregnancy prevention program. 17 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 18 contrary, public funds shall not be expended for the purpose 19 of providing abortions. 20 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 21 contrary, health care services furnished by or in a health 22 care facility owned or operated by the state or a county or 23 local government entity or by a physician or other individual 24 employed by the state or a county or local government entity 25 to provide health care services within the scope of practice 26 and employment of the individual shall not include provision 27 of abortions. 28 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 29 contrary, any amount paid by an individual or an entity during 30 a taxable year for an abortion or as premiums for health care 31 coverage that includes coverage for abortions is not tax 32 deductible under chapter 422. 33 5. This chapter shall not be construed to apply to any of 34 the following: 35 -1- LSB 1119YH (15) 87 pf/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 235 a. The treatment of any infection, injury, disease, 1 or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by the 2 performance of an abortion, whether the abortion was performed 3 in accordance with state and federal law or whether funding for 4 the abortion is permissible under this section. 5 b. An abortion when the woman suffers from a physical 6 disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as 7 certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death 8 unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering 9 physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 10 itself. 11 c. The treatment of a woman for a spontaneous abortion, 12 commonly known as a miscarriage. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill creates a new Code chapter 146B, providing 17 restrictions on the expenditure of public funds for abortions 18 notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary. 19 The bill defines “abortion”, “health care facility”, and 20 “public funds” for the purposes of the new Code chapter. 21 Public funds are prohibited from being expended for the 22 purpose of providing abortions. 23 The new Code chapter prohibits health care services 24 furnished by or in a health care facility owned or operated 25 by the state or a county or local government entity or by a 26 physician or other individual employed by the state or a county 27 or local government entity to provide health care services 28 within the scope of practice and employment of the individual 29 from including the provision of abortions. 30 Any amount paid by an individual or an entity during a 31 taxable year for an abortion or as premiums for health care 32 coverage that includes coverage for abortions is not tax 33 deductible under Code chapter 422. 34 The new Code chapter is not to be construed to apply to 35 -2- LSB 1119YH (15) 87 pf/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 235 the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder 1 that has been caused by or exacerbated by the performance of 2 an abortion, whether the abortion was performed in accordance 3 with state and federal law or whether funding for the abortion 4 is permissible under the Code chapter; an abortion when the 5 woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 6 physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place 7 the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, 8 including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or 9 arising from the pregnancy itself; or the treatment of a woman 10 for a miscarriage. 11 -3- LSB 1119YH (15) 87 pf/nh 3/ 3