2021 Regular Session HB 2699

• At the request of: (at the request of former Representative Greg Barreto)
• Chief Sponsors: Representative Stark, Senator Thatcher
• Regular Sponsors: Representative Bonham, Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Hayden, Leif, Levy, Lewis, Moore-Green, Morgan, Nearman, Noble, Owens, Post, Reschke, Smith DB, Wallan, Weber, Wright, Zika, Senator Findley, Hansell, Knopp, Linthicum, (Presession filed.)
• Bill Title: Relating to abortion.

Catchline/Summary

Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff.

Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.

• Fiscal Impact: May Have Fiscal Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Revenue Impact: May Have Revenue Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Current Location: In House Committee
• Current Committee: House Committee On Health Care

Subsequent Referral(s)

• Joint Committee On Ways and Means