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Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Sep 10, 2018
This law is Anti–Choice
SF 705
Failed to Pass
Feb 6, 2017
Co-sponsors: 4
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 5
SF 705 would require facilities that perform ten or more abortions per month to be licensed by the commissioner of health.
The commissioner of health, the attorney general, an appropriate county attorney, or a patient upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed at an unlicensed facility may seek an injunction in district court against the continued operation of the facility.
Clinic Inspections
SF 705 would also require the commissioner of health to perform routine and comprehensive inspections and investigations of facilities no more than two times per year. No notice would be required to any person before an inspection.
The annual license fee for facilities required to be licensed would be $3,712.
The commissioner of health may refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke a license on any of the following grounds:
Related Legislation
Identical to HF 811, HF 812, and SF 704.
Similar HF 900/SF 752, which failed to pass in 2013.
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