The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
SB 380 Original 2020 Regular Session Mizell
Present law provides that when a woman has an abortion, an individual abortion report for each
abortion performed or induced shall be completed by the attending physician.
Present law provides that the abortion report shall be confidential and shall not contain the name or
address of the woman. Present law further provides the abortion report will include the patient
number, the name and address of the facility at which the abortion was performed or induced, the
date of the abortion, and the age of pregnant woman. Present law provides that, if the pregnant
woman is a minor, a notation of whether the abortion was performed pursuant to either notarized
parental consent or a judicial bypass order.
Proposed law retains present law and further requires the La. Dept. of Health to submit quarterly
reports to the Dept. of Children and Family Services and to the attorney general that include copies
of all abortion reports in which a minor pregnant woman under the age of 13 obtained an abortion.
Proposed law provides that any hospital licensed by the La. Dept. of Health, in consultation with the
La. State Board of Medical Examiners, will promulgate rules regarding the electronic coding,
reporting, and tracking of complications after an abortion that are treated at any hospital.
Proposed law provides that the surgical complications reports shall include the general nature of the
abortion procedure, the resulting complication, and the identity of the facility in which the original
surgery was performed.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 40:1061.21(E) and 2109.1)