Bill > HB1337

This bill mandates that the state department of health develop informational materials about perinatal hospice care, which is defined as comprehensive supportive care for pregnant women and their families when a lethal fetal anomaly (a condition diagnosed before birth that will almost certainly result in the child's death within three months of birth) is identified. Physicians are required to provide this information to pregnant women considering an abortion due to such a diagnosis, and this provision of information must be documented as part of the informed consent process for an abortion. Additionally, the bill requires that pregnancy termination forms include the gender of the fetus and the medical indication by diagnosis code for both the fetus and the mother for early pre-viability abortions. The bill also introduces new definitions and regulations related to sex-selective abortions and abortions based on fetal diagnoses of Down syndrome or other disabilities, and amends existing laws regarding the reporting of abortion data, the disposition of fetal remains, and the prohibition of certain types of fetal tissue transactions.