An Act to Make
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0887
Committee Amendment CA_A_H591 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A-" to H,P. 573, L:D. 887, "An Act to Make
Manufacturers Responsible for Proper'Disposal of Abortion Drugs and Require a Health
Care Provider to Be Physically Present During a Chemical Abortion" •
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substitrting the following;
'An Act to Require a Health Care Professional to Be Physically Present During a
Chemical Abortion' : : , : ;,
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in the first line (page'1, line 3 in L.D.) by
striking out the following; "provider" and insertine the followine;'professional';-: :.. .'
• Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in gubsectiofi 1 in paragraph E'in the first'2
lines (page 1, lines 15 and 16 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "provider" means a
person licensed to prescribe prescription drues under applicable federal and state laws" and
inserting the following: 'professional" has the same meaning as in section 1596, subsection
1, paraeraphC'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in subsection 2 in the first 2 lines (page 1, lines
22 and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "health care provider" and inserting the
following; 'health care professional'
Amend the bill in section I in §1599-B in subsection 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 23
in L,D.) by striking out the following; "provider may not, in or affecting interstate or
foreign commerce." and inserting the following: 'professional may not'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in subsection 2 in paragraph B in the first line
(page 1, line 26 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "location of the chemical abortion"
and inserting the following: 'time and location of the abortion drug administration'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in subsection 2 in paragraph C in the first 2
lines (page 1, lines 27 and 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following; "not to occur more
than 7 days after the use or" and inserting the following; 'to occur not more than 7 days
after the'
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/\ " to H.P. 573, L.D, 887
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B in subsection 2 in paragraph D in the 3rd line
(page 1> line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "provider" and inserting the
following: 'professional' . ' • ' •
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 1, line
34 in L.D.)..
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1599-B by renumbering the subsections to'read
consecutive ly.
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2.
~ Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, makes the following
changes to the bill.
1. It replaces the term "health care provider" with the term "health care professional"
throughout the bill,
2. It clarifies that a licensed health care professional must be physically present at the
time and location of administration of the abortion drug for a chemical abortion.
3, It eliminates the criminal penalty provision of the bill,
4, It removes the provision of the bill making manufacturers liable for the improper
disposal of abortion drugs.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT