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First Substitute H.B. 354

Representative Carl Wimmer proposes the following substitute bill:


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INSURANCE AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ABORTION

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Carl Wimmer

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Senate Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions of the Insurance Code to prohibit a person from offering a
             10      health benefit plan in a health insurance exchange that is created, owned, or sponsored
             11      by a government entity if the health benefit plan provides coverage for an abortion other
             12      than an abortion necessary to protect the life or health of a woman.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    prohibits a person from offering a health benefit plan in a health insurance exchange
             16      that is created, owned, or sponsored by a government entity, including a health
             17      insurance exchange created under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 25, Health System
             18      Reform Act, or pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
             19      111 P.L. 148, if the health benefit plan provides coverage for an abortion, unless:
             20              .     the abortion is necessary to avert the death of the woman on whom the abortion
             21      is performed or a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a
             22      major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;
             23              .    the abortion is of a fetus with a diagnosable, lethal fetal defect; or
             24              .    the woman obtaining the abortion is pregnant as a result of rape or incest.
             25      Money Appropriated in this Bill:


             26          None
             27      Other Special Clauses:
             28          None
             29      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             30      ENACTS:
             31          31A-22-726, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             32     
             33      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             34          Section 1. Section 31A-22-726 is enacted to read:
             35          31A-22-726. Abortion coverage restriction on health insurance exchange.
             36          A person may not offer in a health insurance exchange, including a health insurance
             37      exchange created under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 25, Health System Reform Act, or pursuant
             38      to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 111 P.L. 148, a health benefit plan in
             39      this state that provides coverage for an abortion, except for an abortion:
             40          (1) that is necessary to avert:
             41          (a) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or
             42          (b) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function
             43      of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;
             44          (2) of a fetus that has a defect that is documented by a physician or physicians to be
             45      uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal; or
             46          (3) where:
             47          (a) the woman is pregnant as a result of:
             48          (i) rape, as described in Section 76-5-402 ;
             49          (ii) rape of a child, as described in Section 76-5-402.1 ; or
             50          (iii) incest, as described in Subsection 76-5-406 (10) or Section 76-7-102 ; and
             51          (b) before the abortion is performed, the physician who performs the abortion:
             52          (i) verifies that the incident described in Subsection (3)(a) has been reported to law
             53      enforcement; and
             54          (ii) complies with the requirements of Section 62A-4a-403 .


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