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Committee of Conference reaches agreement on HB 712-FN changes to restrict nonmedical breast surgery for minors, add abortion-statistics reporting and QA rules,
Summary
Committee of Conference conferees negotiated multiple changes to HB 712-FN: prohibiting most nonmedical breast surgeries on minors but preserving medical and reconstructive exceptions, aligning a private right of action with prior statute, adjusting reporting enforcement, and delaying abortion-statistics reporting until funding available.
Conferees on House Bill 712-FN reached a broad agreement on multiple contested provisions: the bill would limit breast surgeries for minors except where medically necessary or reconstructive; the committee agreed to align a civil private right of action with language used in House Bill 619; the parties resolved changes to abortion-statistics reporting by amending (rather than fully repealing and reenacting) the existing statutory section; and they negotiated enforcement language and penalties for reporting violations. The groups also agreed to delay the start date for collecting abortion statistics until July 1, 2027, to allow the Department of Health and Human Services time to obtain…
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