Bill Text: MI SB1198 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Health; abortion; physical examination requirements; eliminate sunset. Amends sec. 17017 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17017).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-31 - Vetoed By Governor 12/28/2018 12/31/18 Addenda [SB1198 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB1198-Engrossed.html
SB-1198, As Passed House, December 13, 2018
SB-1198, As Passed Senate, November 29, 2018
SENATE BILL No. 1198
As amended November 29, 2018
November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 17017 (MCL 333.17017), as added by 2012 PA 499.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
17017. (1) This section and section 17517 do not apply
after
December 31, 2018.
(1) (2)
Except as otherwise provided in
this section, a
physician shall not diagnose <<a pregnancy or the gestational age of a
pregnancy >>and prescribe a medical abortion for <<athe>>
patient who is or is presumed to be pregnant unless the physician
or an individual licensed and qualified by education and training
first personally performs a physical examination of the patient. A
physician shall not utilize other means including, but not limited
to, an internet web camera, to diagnose <<a pregnancy or the gestational
age of a pregnancy >>and prescribe a medical
abortion.
(2) (3)
A physician shall obtain the
informed consent of a
patient in the manner prescribed under section 17015 to perform a
medical abortion. The physician shall be physically present at the
location of the medical abortion when the prescription drug used to
initiate the medical abortion is dispensed. An individual under the
direct supervision of the prescribing physician who is qualified by
education and training as provided in this act may dispense or
administer the prescription drug used to initiate the medical
abortion.
(3) (4)
This section does not create a
right to abortion.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person shall
not perform an abortion that is prohibited by law.
(4) (5)
As used in this section:
(a) "Abortion" means that term as defined in section 17015.
(b) "Medical abortion" means an abortion procedure that is not
a surgical procedure and that utilizes a prescription drug to
induce an abortion.
(c) "Prescription drug" means that term as defined in section
17708.