Bill Text: IN HB1204 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Physician admitting privileges.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1204 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1204-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1204
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-34-2-4.5.
Synopsis: Physician admitting privileges. Requires a physician who
performs an abortion to: (1) have admitting privileges at a hospital in
the county or in a county adjacent to the county where the abortion is
performed; and (2) notify the patient of the hospital location where the
patient can receive follow-up care by the physician.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
Ubelhor, Messmer, Cheatham
January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1204
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 16-34-2-4.5; (11)IN1204.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 16-34-2-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]: Sec. 4.5. (a) A physician may not perform an abortion
unless the physician has admitting privileges at a hospital located:
(1) in the county; or
(2) in a county adjacent to the county;
in which the abortion is performed.
(b) A physician who performs an abortion shall notify the patient of the location of the hospital at which the physician has privileges and where the patient may receive follow-up care by the physician if complications arise.
(1) in the county; or
(2) in a county adjacent to the county;
in which the abortion is performed.
(b) A physician who performs an abortion shall notify the patient of the location of the hospital at which the physician has privileges and where the patient may receive follow-up care by the physician if complications arise.