S.B. 60

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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; and
16 . at what stage of pregnancy the abortions took place; and
17 . makes technical changes.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 76-7-305.7, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 314
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 76-7-305.7 is amended to read:

28 76-7-305.7. Statistical report by the Department of Health.
29 (1) In accordance with Subsection (2), the Department of Health shall, on an annual
30 basis, after July 1 of each year, compile and report the following information, relating to the
31 preceding fiscal year, to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee:
32 (a) the total number of abortions that were performed in the state;
33 (b) the stage of pregnancy in which the abortions described in Subsection (1)(a) were
34 performed, including:
35 (i) the trimester; and
36 (ii) estimated week of pregnancy;
37 [(a)] (c) the total amount of informed consent material described in this section that
38 was distributed or accessed;
39 [(b)] (d) the number of women who obtained abortions in this state without receiving
40 the informed consent materials described in this section;
41 [(c)] (e) the number of statements signed by attending physicians under Subsection
42 76-7-305.6 (4); and
43 [(d)] (f) any other information pertaining to obtaining informed consent from a woman
44 who seeks an abortion.
45 (2) The report described in Subsection (1) shall be prepared and presented in a manner
46 that preserves physician and patient anonymity.




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