Bill Text: IN SB0340 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Physical plant requirements for abortion clinics.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Senator Kruse added as coauthor [SB0340 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0340-Introduced.html


Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 340

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 16-18-2; IC 16-21-2-2.6.

Synopsis: Physical plant requirements for abortion clinics. Sets forth certain safety and health requirements that an abortion clinic must meet. Specifies that existing licensed abortion clinics must meet the safety and health requirements. Requires the state department of health to inspect an abortion clinic at least one time per year.

Effective: July 1, 2012.





Banks, Walker




    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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SENATE BILL No. 340



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 16-18-2-1.5; (12)IN0340.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-1.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.96-2005, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 1.5. (a) "Abortion clinic", for purposes of IC 16-21-2, means a freestanding entity that:
         (1) performs surgical abortion procedures; or
        (2) provides abortion inducing drugs to induce an abortion.

    (b) The term does not include the following:
        (1) A hospital that is licensed as a hospital under IC 16-21-2.
        (2) An ambulatory outpatient surgical center that is licensed as an ambulatory outpatient surgical center under IC 16-21-2.
        (3) A physician's office as long as:
             (A) the surgical procedures performed at the physician's office are not primarily surgical abortion procedures; and
            (B) abortion inducing drugs are not the primarily dispensed or prescribed drug at the physician's office.

SOURCE: IC 16-18-2-1.6; (12)IN0340.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 16-18-2-1.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY

1, 2012]: Sec. 1.6. (a) "Abortion inducing drug"means a medicine, drug, or substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of terminating a clinically diagnosable pregnancy with the knowledge that the termination will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the fetus. The term includes the off-label use of a drug known to have abortion inducing properties if the drug is prescribed with the intent of causing an abortion.
    (b) The term does not include a drug or substance that may be known to cause an abortion when the drug is being prescribed for another medical indication.

SOURCE: IC 16-21-2-2.6; (12)IN0340.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 16-21-2-2.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 2.6. (a) The entities to which this section applies include abortion clinics holding a license under this chapter on July 1, 2012.
    (b) An abortion clinic must meet the following requirements:
        (1) Be constructed, arranged, modified, or maintained to ensure the safety and well-being of patients, employees, and visitors to the clinic.
        (2) Provide a physical plant and equipment that meet state fire prevention and building safety codes or rules established by the fire prevention and building safety commission or the state department.
        (3) Provide a safe and healthy environment that minimizes infection exposure and risk to patients, employees, and visitors to the clinic.
    (c) The state department shall inspect an abortion clinic at least one (1) time per calendar year.

     (d) Beginning January 1, 2013, 410 IAC 26-17-2(f) is void. The publisher of the Indiana Administrative Code shall remove this provision from the Indiana Administrative Code.

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