LRB-4460/1
DAK:jlg:ijs
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
February 10, 1998 - Introduced by Senator Wineke, cosponsored by
Representatives Kedzie, Baldwin, Hanson and
R. Young. Referred to
Committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and
Military Affairs.
SB453,1,3
1An Act to create 69.186 (1) (em) and 69.186 (3) of the statutes;
relating to:
2requiring that income levels of patients be included in required
3induced-abortion reporting and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, hospitals, clinics and other facilities in which induced abortions are
performed must annually file with the department of health and family services
(DHFS) reports about each induced abortion performed in the previous calendar
year. The reports must contain numerous items of information, including a patient's
race, age, marital status and education. DHFS must collect the information and
publish annual demographic summaries in such a manner as to ensure anonymity
of the patient, physician and facility.
This bill requires that, beginning January 1, 1999, a patient's income level be
included in the information that hospitals, clinics and other facilities must annually
file about performance of induced abortions. The bill requires that DHFS
promulgate rules establishing the ranges of income within each income level.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB453, s. 1
1Section
1. 69.186 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
SB453,2,22
69.186
(1) (em) Income level.
SB453, s. 2
3Section
2. 69.186 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB453,2,54
69.186
(3) The department shall promulgate rules that establish the ranges of
5income within each income level, for reporting as required under sub. (1) (em).
SB453,2,107
(1) The department of health and family services shall submit in proposed form
8the rules required under section 69.186 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, to
9the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the
10first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
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(1) The treatment of section 69.186 (1) (em) of the statutes first applies to
13reports, under section 69.186 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, that contain information for
141999.
SB453, s. 5
15Section
5.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
16except as follows:
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(1)
The treatment of section 69.186 (1) (em) of the statutes takes effect on
18January 1, 1999.
