S.B. 60 Enrolled

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ABORTION STATISTICS AND REPORTING
2 REQUIREMENTS
3 2013 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
6 House Sponsor: Keith Grover
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies Title 76, Chapter 7, Offenses Against the Family.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . requires the Department of Health to prepare an annual report for the Health and
14 Human Services Interim Committee, including information on:
15 . the number of abortions performed in the state;
16 . the reported reason, if any, why the patient sought the abortion; and
17 . at what stage of pregnancy the abortions took place;
18 . the race and ethnicity of the women on whom the abortions were performed;
19 and
20 . makes technical changes.
21 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
22 None
23 Other Special Clauses:
24 None
25 Utah Code Sections Affected:
26 AMENDS:
27 76-7-305.7, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 314
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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

30 Section 1. Section 76-7-305.7 is amended to read:
31 76-7-305.7. Statistical report by the Department of Health.
32 (1) In accordance with Subsection (2), the Department of Health shall, on an annual
33 basis, after [July 1] December 31 of each year, compile and report the following information,
34 relating to the preceding [fiscal] calendar year, to the Health and Human Services Interim
35 Committee:
36 (a) the total number of abortions that were performed in the state;
37 (b) the reported reasons, if any, the women sought the abortions described in
38 Subjection (1)(a);
39 (c) the stage of pregnancy in which the abortions described in Subsection (1)(a) were
40 performed, including:
41 (i) the trimester; and
42 (ii) estimated week of pregnancy;
43 (d) the races and ethnicities of the women who obtained the abortions described in
44 Subsection (1)(a), including:
45 (i) Alaska Native;
46 (ii) American Indian;
47 (iii) Asian;
48 (iv) Black or African American;
49 (v) Hispanic or Latino;
50 (vi) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander;
51 (vii) White, not Hispanic or Latino; and
52 (viii) some other race;
53 [(a)] (e) the total amount of informed consent material described in this section that
54 was distributed or accessed;
55 [(b)] (f) the number of women who obtained abortions in this state without receiving
56 the informed consent materials described in this section;
57 [(c)] (g) the number of statements signed by attending physicians under Subsection

58 76-7-305.6 (4); and
59 [(d)] (h) any other information pertaining to obtaining informed consent from a woman
60 who seeks an abortion.
61 (2) The report described in Subsection (1) shall be prepared and presented in a manner
62 that preserves physician and patient anonymity.

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