Bill Text: PA HB1314 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In abortion, further providing for prohibited acts.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1314 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1314-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1531
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1314 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, STERN, KULA, BAKER, HALUSKA, AUMENT, BOBACK, B. BOYLE, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DeLUCA, FLECK, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HANNA, HARKINS, KOTIK, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MATZIE, PETRARCA, READSHAW, SACCONE, SAINATO, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND HORNAMAN, APRIL 12, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 12, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for
prohibited acts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3213 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3213. Prohibited acts.
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(g) Clinical privileges.--Any physician performing or
inducing an abortion who does not have clinical privileges at a
hospital which offers obstetrical or gynecological care located
within 30 miles of the location at which the abortion is
performed or induced shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor in the third degree and shall be punished as
provided by law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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