2013-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1074
Senator Gardner moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw                                                                   
Amendment No. 2. Without objection, Amendment No. 2 was                                                                         
withdrawn.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 49 am was                                                                                
automatically in third reading.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski moved that the bill be returned to second                                                                  
reading for the purpose of a specific amendment, that being                                                                     
Amendment No. 3. Without objection, the bill was returned to second                                                             
reading.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski offered Amendment No. 3 :                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "defining 'medically necessary abortions' for purposes                                                            
of making payments"                                                                                                           
     Insert "establishing standards for payment for abortion                                                                  
services"                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
          "Sec. 47.07.068. Payment for abortion services. (a) The                                                             
     department shall pay a provider for abortion services provided to a                                                        
     recipient of medical assistance under this chapter if the provider                                                         
     submits a completed form approved by the department that                                                                   
     certifies, based on all of the information available to the provider,                                                      
     that the abortion services were                                                                                            
              (1)  provided to a recipient whose pregnancy was the                                                              
     result of an act of rape or incest;                                                                                        
              (2)  necessary because of a physical disorder, physical                                                           
     injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical                                                         
     condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that                                                             
     would have placed the woman in danger of death had the abortion                                                            
     not been performed; or                                                                                                     
              (3)  medically necessary for reasons other than the                                                               
     conditions in (a)(1) and (2) of this section.                                                                              
          (b)  The department shall seek federal funding available for                                                          
     abortion services provided for reasons specified in (a)(1) and (2)                                                         
     of this section."