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HB1673: (New Title) relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.

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2022 HB1673
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CHAPTER 86

HB 1673-FN - FINAL VERSION

16Mar2022... 0688h

2022 SESSION

22-2031

05/10

HOUSE BILL 1673-FN

AN ACT relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 6; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Simpson, Rock. 36; Rep. Altschiller, Rock. 19; Rep. Toll, Ches. 16; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill construes the obstetric ultrasound examination requirement to determine probable gestational age prior to an abortion.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Mar2022... 0688h 22-2031

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

86:1 Fetal Life Protection Act; Prohibitions; Ultrasound Examination Requirement. Amend RSA 329:44, I to read as follows:

I. Except in the case of a medical emergency as specifically defined in paragraph III, no abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted by any health care provider unless a health care provider has first made a determination of the probable gestational age of the fetus. In making such a determination, the health care provider shall make such inquiries of the pregnant woman and perform or cause to be performed all such medical examinations, imaging studies, and tests as a reasonably prudent health care provider in the community, knowledgeable about the medical facts and conditions of both the woman and the fetus involved, would consider necessary to perform and consider in making an accurate diagnosis with respect to gestational age, provided, however, that the health care provider shall conduct an obstetric ultrasound examination of the patient for the purpose of making the determination. This subdivision shall be construed to require the performance of an ultrasound only if the provider either knows that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks or is conscious of a substantial risk that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks.

86:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2022

Effective Date: May 20, 2022