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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1561. Abortion - Requires informed consent prior to an abortion; requires a 24-hour period of reflection prior to an abortion; provides for an exception to regulation to preserve the life or health of the woman. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-202. Fiscal Summary for HB1848 / *SB1561Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1848 / *SB1561 This bill rewrites portions of the abortion statutes. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's implied right to privacy. The court noted that in previous cases where the right to privacy has been concerned,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2096. Abortion - Requires a health care provider who induces an abortion by the administration of the drug mifepristone to provide the patient with a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement from the drug manufacturer and to provide verbally certain other information, including the fact that the regimen requires two return visits. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-203. Fiscal Summary for *HB1973 / SB2096Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1973 / SB2096 This bill prohibits an abortion from being performed or induced by the administration of mifepristone until the patient has been provided a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement published by the manufacturer of the mifepristone and the patient has been specifically informed, verbally, from the manufacturer's documents by the administering [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1848. Abortion - Requires informed consent prior to an abortion; requires a 24-hour period of reflection prior to an abortion; provides for an exception to regulation to preserve the life or health of the woman. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-202. Fiscal Summary for *SB1561 / HB1848Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1561 / HB1848 This bill rewrites portions of the abortion statutes. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's implied right to privacy. The court noted that in previous cases where the right to privacy has been concerned,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Re-Referred to Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1973. Abortion - Requires a health care provider who induces an abortion by the administration of the drug mifepristone to provide the patient with a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement from the drug manufacturer and to provide verbally certain other information, including the fact that the regimen requires two return visits. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-203. Fiscal Summary for SB2096 / *HB1973Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2096 / *HB1973 This bill prohibits an abortion from being performed or induced by the administration of mifepristone until the patient has been provided a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement published by the manufacturer of the mifepristone and the patient has been specifically informed, verbally, from the manufacturer's documents by the administering [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Failed In Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextConstitutional Amendments - Adds new provision to Article I to provide that nothing in Constitution of Tennessee secures or protects right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. - Fiscal Summary for *SJR0127Increase State Expenditures - $20,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *SJR0127 ON JANUARY 17, 2008, THE SENATE COMPLETED THE FIRST READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 127. ON JANUARY 23, 2008, THE SENATE COMPLETED THE SECOND READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 127. ON JANUARY 25, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #3, AS AMENDED, AND COMPLETED THE FIRST READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 127, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #3, AS AMENDED, restates the language in the constitutional amendment to provide that nothing in the Constitution of Tennessee secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion and adds language providing that the people retain the right through their elected state [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1094. Vital Records - Requires death certificates be issued for each induced termination of pregnancy in this state. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB0982 / SB1094Increase State Expenditures - $69,000 One-Time Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0982 / SB1094 Present law requires that each induced termination of pregnancy that occurs in this state be reported to the office of vital records within 10 days after the procedure by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. This bill revises this requirement to instead require that a death certificate be prepared for each induced termination of pregnancy. The death certificate would state that the fetal death was due to an abortion.
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Governor Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0982. Vital Records - Requires death certificates be issued for each induced termination of pregnancy in this state. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for SB1094 / *HB0982Increase State Expenditures - $69,000 One-Time Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1094 / *HB0982 Present law requires that each induced termination of pregnancy that occurs in this state be reported to the office of vital records within 10 days after the procedure by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. This bill revises this requirement to instead require that a death certificate be prepared for each induced termination of pregnancy. The death certificate would state that the fetal death was due to an abortion.
Latest Action: 05/01/2007 - Failed for Lack of Motion in: Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2161. Women - Enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB2146 / SB2161Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $60,000 Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation would not result in a significant increase in the cost of health insurance premiums. A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Health has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for *HB2146 / SB2161 This bill requires the department of health to: (1) Apply for federal grants providing for the collection of data regarding the number of abortions performed in this state, the characteristics of those seeking abortions, the reasons [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2146. Women - Enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB2161 / *HB2146Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $60,000 Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation would not result in a significant increase in the cost of health insurance premiums. A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Health has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for SB2161 / *HB2146 This bill requires the department of health to: (1) Apply for federal grants providing for the collection of data regarding the number of abortions performed in this state, the characteristics of those seeking abortions, the reasons [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3682. Abortion - Requires a woman under certain circumstances to view an ultrasound image of the fetus before obtaining an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for *HB2999 / SB3682Increase State Expenditures - $11,100/One-Time $249,500/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB2999 / SB3682 This bill prohibits an abortion from being performed unless: (1) The woman is informed of the probable gestational age of the embryo or fetus at the time the abortion is to be performed. The woman would be so informed by the physician who is to perform the abortion or by a health provider working in conjunction with the physician of the procedure to be involved and by the physician who is to perform the abortion; and (2) An ultrasound is performed, except in the case of a medical emergency. If the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4105. Abortion - Authorizes a physician to perform a medical procedure to end a pregnancy, and a woman to undergo such a medical procedure, if the woman is pregnant as a result of rape or incest or if the procedure is necessary to save the woman's life; specifies that prohibited partial birth abortions may not be performed and the existing parental consent requirement applies if the woman is a minor. - Amends amend TCA. Fiscal Summary for *HB4092 / SB4105Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4092 / SB4105 This bill declares that it is lawful for a physician to perform a medical procedure to end a pregnancy, and it is lawful for a woman to undergo such a procedure, when: (1) The procedure is necessary to save the woman's life; (2) The woman is pregnant as the result of a rape; or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4134. Abortion - Deletes and reenacts two sections of Tennessee Code Annotated that contain provisions regarding abortion that were ruled unconstitutional by the Tennessee Supreme Court in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB4170 / SB4134MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB4170 / SB4134 BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's implied right to privacy. The court noted that in previous cases where the right to privacy has been concerned, the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4132. Abortion - Requires informed consent prior to an abortion; requires a period of reflection prior to an abortion; provides for an exception to regulation to protect the life and health of the mother; clarifies requirement that an abortion be performed by a physician. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB4173 / SB4132Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4173 / SB4132 This bill rewrites portions of the abortion statutes. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4092. Abortion - Authorizes a physician to perform a medical procedure to end a pregnancy, and a woman to undergo such a medical procedure, if the woman is pregnant as a result of rape or incest or if the procedure is necessary to save the woman's life; specifies that prohibited partial birth abortions may not be performed and the existing parental consent requirement applies if the woman is a minor. - Amends amend TCA. Fiscal Summary for SB4105 / *HB4092Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4105 / *HB4092 This bill declares that it is lawful for a physician to perform a medical procedure to end a pregnancy, and it is lawful for a woman to undergo such a procedure, when: (1) The procedure is necessary to save the woman's life; (2) The woman is pregnant as the result of a rape; or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4173. Abortion - Requires informed consent prior to an abortion; requires a period of reflection prior to an abortion; provides for an exception to regulation to protect the life and health of the mother; clarifies requirement that an abortion be performed by a physician. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for SB4132 / *HB4173Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4132 / *HB4173 This bill rewrites portions of the abortion statutes. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4170. Abortion - Deletes and reenacts two sections of Tennessee Code Annotated that contain provisions regarding abortion that were ruled unconstitutional by the Tennessee Supreme Court in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for SB4134 / *HB4170MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB4134 / *HB4170 BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's implied right to privacy. The court noted that in previous cases where the right to privacy has been concerned, the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4131. Women - Enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB4174 / SB4131Increase State Revenue - Exceeds $50,000/Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Fund Increase State Expenditures - $41,200/One-Time $581,900/Recurring Exceeds $50,000/Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Fund Bill Summary for *HB4174 / SB4131 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS This bill requires the department of health to: (1) Apply for federal grants providing for the collection of data regarding the number of abortions performed in this state, the characteristics of those seeking abortions, the reasons why women choose abortion, or any other information applicable to supporting pregnant women [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4174. Women - Enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB4131 / *HB4174Increase State Revenue - Exceeds $50,000/Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Fund Increase State Expenditures - $41,200/One-Time $581,900/Recurring Exceeds $50,000/Tennessee Pregnant Women Support Fund Bill Summary for SB4131 / *HB4174 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS This bill requires the department of health to: (1) Apply for federal grants providing for the collection of data regarding the number of abortions performed in this state, the characteristics of those seeking abortions, the reasons why women choose abortion, or any other information applicable to supporting pregnant women [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextConstitutional Amendments - Proposes new language stating that, except as otherwise specifically provided by the state constitution, the rights and protections afforded to human beings by the state constitution apply irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function, condition of dependency, or state of embryonic or fetal development within the womb. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0827Increase State Expenditures - $20,000 One-Time
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3512. Abortion - Requires informed consent prior to an abortion; requires a period of reflection prior to an abortion; provides for an exception to regulation to protect the life and health of the mother; clarifies requirement that an abortion be performed by a physician. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3682 / *SB3512Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3682 / *SB3512 This bill rewrites portions of the abortion statutes. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2000, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist, 38 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2000), the Tennessee Supreme Court reviewed Tennessee's abortion laws. The court ruled that the right to have an abortion in this state was based on the Tennessee Constitution's implied right to privacy. The court noted [...] show full description
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