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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 606
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
FUNDS/FUNDING: Prohibits entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding
for any purpose
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1061.6(A) and to enact Chapter 1-A of Title 36 of the
3 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 36:21, relative to
4 authorized uses of public funds; to prohibit certain uses of public funds by
5 institutions, boards, commissions, departments, agencies, officials, and employees
6 of the state or its political subdivisions; to prohibit entities that perform abortions
7 from receiving public funding for any purpose; to provide for construction of the
8 prohibition; and to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. Chapter 1-A of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
11comprised of R.S. 36:21, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 CHAPTER 1-A. ELIGIBILITY OF ABORTION PROVIDERS
13 FOR PUBLIC FUNDING
14 §21. Public funding for abortion providers; prohibition
15 A. For purposes of this Chapter, the term "abortion" shall have the meaning
16 ascribed in R.S. 40:1061.9.
17 B.(1) No institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or
18 employee of the state, or of any local political subdivision thereof, shall contract
19 with, award any grant to, or otherwise bestow any funding upon an entity or
20 organization that performs abortions, or contracts with an entity or organization that
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1 performs abortions, in this state. The prohibition provided in this Section shall apply
2 to state funds, federal funds, and any other funds that may be used for purposes of
3 contracting for services, providing reimbursements, or grant issuance.
4 (2) The prohibition provided in this Section shall not be construed to restrict
5 funding to an entity that may from time to time perform either of the following types
6 of abortions, exclusively:
7 (a) An abortion which is medically necessary to prevent the death of the
8 mother.
9 (b) An abortion in a case when the mother is a victim of rape or incest.
10 Section 2. R.S. 40:1061.6(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 §1061.6. Use of public funds
12 A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no public
13 funds, made available to any institution, board, commission, department, agency,
14 official, or employee of the state of Louisiana, or of any local political subdivision
15 thereof, whether such funds are made available by the government of the United
16 States, the state of Louisiana, or of a local governmental subdivision, or from any
17 other public source shall be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities
18 for an abortion, except when the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death
19 of the mother.
20 (2) No institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or
21 employee of the state, or of any local political subdivision thereof, shall contract
22 with, award any grant to, or otherwise bestow any funding upon an entity or
23 organization that performs abortions, or contracts with an entity or organization that
24 performs abortions, in this state, as more specifically provided in Chapter 1-A of
25 Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
26 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
27signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
28by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 606 Original 2016 Regular Session Hoffmann
Abstract: Prohibits entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding for any
purpose from institutions, boards, commissions, departments, agencies, officials, or
employees of the state or its political subdivisions.
Present law provides that no public funds of any institution, board, commission, department,
agency, official, or employee of the state, or of any local political subdivision thereof, shall
be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities for an abortion, except when the
abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother. Proposed law retains
present law.
Proposed law provides that no institution, board, commission, department, agency, official,
or employee of the state, or of any local political subdivision thereof, shall contract with,
award any grant to, or otherwise bestow any funding upon an entity or organization that
performs abortions, or contracts with an entity or organization that performs abortions, in
Louisiana. Provides that the prohibition shall apply to state funds, federal funds, and any
other funds that may be used for purposes of contracting for services, providing
reimbursements, or grant issuance.
Proposed law stipulates that the prohibition provided therein shall not be construed to restrict
funding to an entity that may from time to time perform either of the following types of
abortions, exclusively:
(1)An abortion which is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother.
(2)An abortion in a case when the mother is a victim of rape or incest.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 40:1061.6(A); Adds R.S. 36:21)
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