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Lawmakers hear bill to treat surgical abortion facilities as ambulatory surgical centers; hearing to continue Friday
Summary
Representative Martha Lawley introduced House Bill 42 to require licensure and ambulatory surgical‑center standards for surgical abortion facilities; the Department of Health described implementation mechanics and public comment will continue at a later meeting.
Representative Martha Lawley introduced House Bill 42, which would require facilities performing surgical abortions to be licensed and regulated as ambulatory surgical centers, and the committee heard initial testimony before deferring further public comment to a later meeting.
Under the bill, a surgical abortion facility would be defined as an ambulatory surgical center and subject to ambulatory surgical‑center licensure and survey requirements. The bill would require facilities to report surgical abortions to the Department of Health, require licensed physicians performing abortions to have hospital admitting privileges (the bill specifies privileges at a hospital not more than 10 miles away), and make licenses nontransferable. Penalties for failure…
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