Introduced
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To authorize 50 percent state matching grants for the purchase of ultrasound machines by nonprofit organizations that provide family planning or reproductive health services to low-income women at no cost. The grant recipient would have to provide women with a chance to view and record the ultrasound image of a fetus, and would be prohibited from using the machines to assist in an elective abortion.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes that do not affect its substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To allow the grants to go to for-profit organizations that provide family planning or reproductive health services to low-income women at reduced cost.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require grant recipients to have a trained medical professional or a qualified medical director on staff to perform the ultrasound.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To revise the definition of elective abortion contained in the bill to exclude abortion to "preserve the life or health of the mother," rather than "to avert the death of the mother".
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 84 to 19 (details)
To authorize 50 percent state matching grants for the purchase of ultrasound machines by organizations that provide family planning or reproductive health services to low-income women at no cost or reduced cost. The grant recipient would have to provide women with a chance to view and record the ultrasound image of a fetus, and would be prohibited from using the machines to assist in an elective abortion.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To remove references in the bill to money potentially being appropriated by the legislature for this item.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To authorize 50 percent grants, which could not be funded by state appropriations, for the purchase of ultrasound machines by organizations that provide family planning or reproductive health services to low-income women at no cost or reduced cost. The grant recipient would have to provide women with a chance to view and record the ultrasound image of a fetus, and would be prohibited from using the machines to assist in an elective abortion.
Passed in the House 98 to 1 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which establishes that the grants could not be funded by state appropriations.
