SB 36 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/06/2025 0530s
2025 SESSION
25-0325
05/11
SENATE BILL 36
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the collection and reporting of certain abortion statistics by health care providers, medical facilities, and the department of health and human services. The reporting requirement replaces a provision in the fetal life protection act stating that nothing in the subdivision shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/06/2025 0530s 25-0325
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Collection and Reporting of Abortion Statistics. ? RSA 329:49 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
329:49 Collection and Reporting of Abortion Statistics.
I.? Any health care provider who performs an abortion as defined in RSA 132:32, I, shall report the following information in writing to the medical facility in which the abortion is performed:
(a) ?Date when the abortion was performed;
(b) County where the abortion was performed;
(c) ? Age group of the pregnant patient when the abortion was performed;
(d) ?Residence of patient as “in-state” or “out-of-state” when the abortion was performed;
(e) ?Method used to perform the abortion; and
(f) ? Estimated gestational age when the abortion was performed.
II. The aggregated report containing the information and data required by this section shall be transmitted by the medical facility to the department of health and human services. These reports shall not identify the patient or health care provider by name or include other personally identifiable information.
III. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall prepare from these data such aggregated statistical trends and tables with respect to maternal health, abortion methods, and estimated gestational age, and shall make an annual aggregated report thereof to the general court.
IV. The commissioner of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) The form in which data shall be filed under paragraph I.
(b) The cadence of reporting from medical facilities.
(c) Confidentiality of data collected and disclosed under this section subject to the provisions of this section.
(d) Procedures and written requirements for obtaining, using, and protecting data provided by the department of health and human services under this section.
V. Any medical facility that willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of $100 for each business day of noncompliance.?
2 ?Effective Date. ? This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.