Bill Text: IN HB1336 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Abortion ban at IU Hospital and teaching facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [HB1336 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1336-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1336

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 16-34-1-3.5.

Synopsis: Abortion ban at IU Hospital and teaching facilities. Prohibits Indiana University hospital and other medical education facilities from performing abortions except under specified circumstances.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Thompson

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    January 15, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1336

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    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 16-34-1-3.5; (13)IN1336.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 16-34-1-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana University hospitals" refers to the hospitals described in IC 16-23.5-3-1.
    (b) As used in this section, "medical center" includes a hospital building or complex of buildings in which medical education, internship programs, medical research, paramedical training, and any related or equivalent activities are systematically carried on in addition to the usual functions of a hospital.
    (c) No medical center or Indiana University hospital may perform an abortion as part of the operations or educational programs of the medical center or Indiana University hospital except under the following circumstances:
        (1) The abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman.
        (2) The abortion is necessary to prevent a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the

pregnant woman.
        (3) In the case of a verified reported act of rape or incest.