HB 571 Summary

• Establishes the Abortion Complications Reporting Act requiring hospitals, health care facilities, and physicians to report abortion complications to the state Department of Health and Welfare within 30 days of treatment.

• Requires reporting of comprehensive patient and complication data including age, race, pregnancy history, abortion method, gestational age, specific complications, and treatment costs while excluding identifying information like patient name or social security number.

• Mandates the department prepare annual statistical reports for the legislature and submit aggregate data to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with data made available to the public in downloadable format.

• Imposes criminal penalties for knowingly filing false reports or unauthorized disclosure of reported information, and establishes professional sanctions including fines up to $1,000 per unreported complication, license suspension, and grounds for medical discipline.

• Clarifies the law does not create or recognize a right to abortion and does not make unlawful abortions lawful.