June 8, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Hooker, Yonker, Damrow, Johnson, Gilbert, Heise, Haveman, Potvin, Jenkins, Rendon, Shirkey, Muxlow, Goike, LaFontaine, Shaughnessy, MacGregor, Jacobsen, Horn, Price, Knollenberg, LeBlanc, Roy Schmidt, Daley, McBroom, Genetski, Lori, Lyons, Kurtz, Nesbitt, McMillin, Zorn and Agema and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 17515 (MCL 333.17515), as added by 1993 PA 133,
and by adding section 17015a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17015a. Subject to section 17015, a physician who
determines that the probable gestational age of the fetus of a
patient who is a pregnant woman is at 19 or more weeks shall
perform an abortion on that patient only in a hospital that has a
neonatal unit. Prior to performing an abortion in that hospital,
the physician shall establish with the neonatal unit the protocol
to be followed consistent with section 3 of the born alive infant
protection act, 2002 PA 687, MCL 333.1073, should the abortion
result in the live birth of the fetus. As used in this section,
"neonatal unit" means a neonatal intensive care unit or other unit
specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.
Sec. 17515. A physician, before performing an abortion on a
patient,
shall comply with section sections
17015 and 17015a.