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House approves licensing, inspections for elective abortion providers; bill passed 47-25
Summary
The Utah House passed second-substitute House Bill 171 requiring licensing and twice-yearly health-department inspections for providers who perform elective abortions, with licensing fees to fund inspections; the measure passed 47-25 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House on March 7 approved second-substitute House Bill 171, a measure that narrows a licensing and inspection requirement to facilities and physician offices that perform elective abortions and directs licensing fees to cover health-department inspections.
Representative Wimmer, the bill sponsor, said the measure divides clinics into tiers and requires providers performing elective abortions to be licensed and inspected twice a year, one inspection announced and one surprise. "We would then be doing two inspections a year," Wimmer told colleagues, and said the licensing fees would be dedicated to the health department to fund those…
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