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Committee adopts amendment changing gestational-age reporting language; debate centers on privacy and clinical practice
Summary
The committee approved Representative Kesselring's amendment to SB36, changing the statutory wording on gestational-age reporting and adopting the bill as amended by a 10–7 vote amid arguments that removing the word 'estimated' could increase clinical intrusions.
The House Health Committee approved an amendment to SB36 and then passed the bill as amended 10–7 after a contentious discussion about reporting language tied to gestational age.
Representative Kesselring offered an amendment (Amendment 3091) that sets an effective date of July 1 and removes the word "estimated" from the statutory…
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