HB 270: "An Act relating to licensing of and other requirements for facilities that provide abortion services; defining 'ambulatory surgical facility'; and relating to state assistance for abortions."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 270 01 "An Act relating to licensing of and other requirements for facilities that provide 02 abortion services; defining 'ambulatory surgical facility'; and relating to state assistance 03 for abortions." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 18.07.111 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 06 (11) "ambulatory surgical facility" has the meaning given to 07 "ambulatory surgical center" in AS 47.32.900. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 18.16.010(a) is amended to read: 09 (a) An abortion may not be performed in this state unless 10 (1) the abortion is performed by a physician licensed by the State 11 Medical Board under AS 08.64.200; 12 (2) the abortion is performed in 13 (A) a hospital [OR OTHER FACILITY] approved for the 14 purpose by the Department of Health and Social Services or a hospital
01 operated by the federal government or an agency of the federal government; or 02 (B) a facility licensed as an ambulatory surgical center and 03 approved for the purpose by the Department of Health and Social 04 Services; 05 (3) before an abortion is knowingly performed or induced on an 06 unmarried, unemancipated woman under 17 years of age, consent has been given as 07 required under AS 18.16.020 or a court has authorized the minor to consent to the 08 abortion under AS 18.16.030 and the minor consents; for purposes of enforcing this 09 paragraph, there is a rebuttable presumption that a woman who is unmarried and under 10 17 years of age is unemancipated; 11 (4) the woman is domiciled or physically present in the state for 30 12 days before the abortion; and 13 (5) the applicable requirements of AS 18.16.060 have been satisfied. 14 * Sec. 3. AS 47.07 is amended by adding a new section to read: 15 Sec. 47.07.066. Payment for abortion services. The department may not pay 16 for abortion services using state funds appropriated from the general fund unless the 17 abortion services are provided at a facility licensed by the state or that meets 18 equivalent licensing standards in another state and that otherwise meets all 19 requirements imposed on an ambulatory surgical facility in the state. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 47.32.900(1) is amended to read: 21 (1) "ambulatory surgical center" means a facility that 22 (A) is not a part of a hospital or a physician's general medical 23 practice; and 24 (B) operates primarily for the purpose of providing surgical 25 services to patients who do not require hospitalization; in this subparagraph, 26 "surgical services" includes abortion services if abortions are performed;