Kentucky Bill Amending Informed Consent Requirements (SB 4)

This law was last updated on Jan 16, 2015

State

Kentucky

Number

SB 4

Status

Failed to Pass

Proposed

Jan 6, 2015

Topics

Informed Consent, Waiting Periods and Forced Counseling

Full Bill Text

www.lrc.ky.gov

SB 4 would require that the counseling mandated by Kentucky’s informed consent law (K.R.S. § 311.725) be conducted in a face-to-face meeting. Current law, which requires a licensed nurse, physician, physician assistant, or social worker to tell a woman about risks of and alternatives to abortion, permits the information to be provided to the woman over the phone.

STATUS

This bill passed the Senate on January 9, 2015, but died in the House Health and Welfare Committee.