Under existing law, no provision of law expressly provides comprehensive standards of medical care for abortion or reproductive health centers.
This bill would provide comprehensive standards, define terms, express legislative findings, intent, and declarations.
This bill would require physician involvement in abortion or reproductive health centers.
This bill would require certain standards in nursing care in abortion or reproductive health centers.
This bill would require patients receive all professional standards of practice and care.
This bill would require certain procedures in the administering of follow-up care.
This bill would classify an abortion or reproductive health center as an ambulatory health care occupancy and require certain standards be met.
This bill would require the center to report the name of the father of the unborn child to law enforcement in certain circumstances.
This bill would require the Board of Health to adopt rules.
This bill would provide criminal and civil penalties for failure to comply.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Forwarded to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on April 4, 2013.
Assigned Act No. 2913-79.
Clerk of the House Certification
Concurred in Second House Amendment
Signature Requested
Enrolled
McClurkin motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 253
Concurrence Requested
Beason motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 278
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 277
Beason motion to Table adopted Roll Call 276
Smith Amendment Offered
Beason motion to Table adopted Roll Call 275
Smith Amendment Offered
Smith motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 274
Smith Amendment Offered
Beason motion to Table adopted Roll Call 273
Coleman Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44
Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 43
Rogers Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 42
Hubbard (J) Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
Source: Alabama Legislature