Sub. H.B. No. 417 Summary

• Requires abortion facilities to dispose of fetal remains through interment, cremation, or humane individual incineration in a sterile incinerator, with each fetus incinerated separately from others and medical waste

• Grants pregnant women the right to determine the method of fetal remains disposition (interment, cremation, or incineration) and choose whether the facility or the woman arranges the disposal

• Requires abortion facilities to pay disposition costs unless the woman selects a method not offered by the facility, in which case the woman pays for the additional expenses

• Mandates abortion facilities maintain written policies, document disposition decisions in medical records, and file a form with vital statistics to obtain a burial permit

• Establishes violations as a first-degree misdemeanor for failing to comply with disposition requirements, but exempts pregnant women from criminal liability; enforcement begins after the Director of Health adopts implementing rules within six months