Loading chat...

AZ HB2093

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/23/2022

Primary Sponsor

Athena Salman

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Amends abortion clinic regulations to allow medication abortions via telehealth encounters, exempting them from certain in-person ultrasound and physical examination requirements.

  • Modifies informed consent requirements for abortion procedures to exclude telehealth medication abortion encounters from the 24-hour pre-procedure ultrasound and heartbeat auscultation mandate.

  • Reduces the gestational age threshold from 12 weeks to 11 weeks for requiring ultrasound-based fetal age estimation using the Hadlock measurement system.

  • Exempts telehealth medication abortion encounters from ultrasound result review and reporting requirements that normally apply to second and third trimester abortions.

  • Repeals section 36-3604 of Arizona Revised Statutes.

Legislative Description

Medication abortion; telehealth; ultrasound

Abortion

Last Action

Introduced in House and read first time

6/23/2022

Full Bill Text

No bill text available