| Title | AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency. |
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| Bill Documents | Original |
| Sponsors | J. Fischer, L. Bechler |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 15.241 to allow the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief as well as civil and criminal penalties to prevent, penalize, and remedy violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities, violations of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 relating to abortions, and violations of emergency management orders relating to elective medical procedures issued under KRS Chapter 39A; specify that nothing in this section shall limit or preclude the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from seeking similar relief; create a noncodified section to prohibit an abortion facility from deeming an abortion to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure and to prohibit a physician from deeming an abortion to be performed in an abortion facility to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure during the state of emergency declared in response to COVID-19; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings |
Crimes and Punishments - Abortion statutes, enforcement Criminal Procedure - Abortion statutes, enforcement Effective Dates, Emergency - Abortion statutes, enforcement Physicians and Practitioners - Abortion statutes, enforcement Reproductive Issues - Abortion statutes, enforcement Attorney General - Abortion statutes, enforcement Civil Actions - Abortion statutes, enforcement |
| 12/03/20 | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
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