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KS Stat § 65-6741 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6741 Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act; citation of act.

65-6741. Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act; citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 65-6741 through 65-6749, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6742 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6742 Definitions.

65-6742. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-6741 through 65-6749, and amendments thereto:(a) "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma or a criminal assault on the pregnant woman or her unborn child, and which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy.(b) (1) "Dismemberment abortion" means, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, knowingly dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush or grasp a portion of the unborn child's body in order to cut or rip it off.(2) The term "dismemberment abortion" does not include an abortion which uses suction to dismember the body of the unborn child by sucking fetal parts into a collection container, although it does include an abortion in which a dismemberment abortion, as defined in subsection (b)(1), is used to cause the death of an unborn child but suction is subsequently used to extract fetal parts after the death of the unborn child.(c) "Knowingly" shall have the same meaning attributed to such term in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5202, and amendments thereto.(d) "Medical emergency" means a condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert the death of the woman or for which a delay necessary to comply with the applicable statutory requirements will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6743 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6743 Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions.

65-6743. Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions. (a) No person shall perform, or attempt to perform, a dismemberment abortion on an unborn child unless: (1) The dismemberment abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman; or (2) a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. No condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.(b) No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion. No nurse, technician, secretary, receptionist or other employee or agent who is not a physician, but who acts at the direction of a physician, and no pharmacist or other individual who is not a physician, but who fills a prescription or provides instruments or materials used in an abortion at the direction of or to a physician shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6744 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6744 Cause of action for injunctive relief.

65-6744. Cause of action for injunctive relief. The attorney general or any district or county attorney with appropriate jurisdiction may bring a cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has performed or attempted to perform a dismemberment abortion in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto. Any injunctive relief ordered pursuant to an action filed under this section shall prohibit the defendant from performing or attempting to perform any dismemberment abortions in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6745 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6745 Civil action for violation of act.

65-6745. Civil action for violation of act. (a) A cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto, may be maintained by the following persons, unless, in a case where the plaintiff is not the woman upon whom the abortion was performed, the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct:(1) A woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto;(2) the father of the unborn child, if married to the woman at the time the dismemberment abortion was performed; or(3) the parents or custodial guardians of the woman, if the woman has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion or has died as a result of the abortion.(b) Damages awarded in such an action shall include:(1) Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the dismemberment abortion;(2) statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the dismemberment abortion;(3) injunctive relief; and(4) reasonable attorney fees awarded in accordance with subsection (d).(d) (1) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought under K.S.A. 65-6744, and amendments thereto, or this section, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff in addition to any other relief that is awarded.(2) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action brought under K.S.A. 65-6744, and amendments thereto, or this section, and the court finds that the plaintiff's action was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees to the defendant in addition to any other relief that is awarded.(3) No attorney fees shall be assessed against the woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed except in accordance with paragraph (2).History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6746 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6746 Criminal penalties for violation of act.

65-6746. Criminal penalties for violation of act. Upon a first conviction of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto, a person shall be guilty of a class A person misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto, a person shall be guilty of a severity level 10, person felony.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6747 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6747 Legal proceedings; public disclosure of name of woman, orders against such disclosure.

65-6747. Legal proceedings; public disclosure of name of woman, orders against such disclosure. In every civil, criminal or administrative proceeding or action arising out of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6703, 65-6721, K.S.A. 65-6724 or 65-6743, and amendments thereto, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an unlawful abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that such woman's anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom an unlawful abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed, anyone other than a public official who brings an action arising out of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6703, 65-6721, K.S.A. 65-6724 or 65-6743, and amendments thereto, shall do so under a pseudonym. This section shall not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant or from attorneys for the defendant.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6748 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6748 Construction of act.

65-6748. Construction of act. Nothing in K.S.A. 65-6741 through 65-6749, and amendments thereto, shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, nor a right to a particular method of abortion.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6749 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6749 Severability.

65-6749. Severability. If any provision or clause of this act* or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.History: L. 2015, ch. 22, § 9; July 1.* This act means L. 2015, ch. 22.
KS Stat § 65-6750 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67 - Abortion|65-6750 Effect of injunction or other judicial order on provisions of article 67.

65-6750. Effect of injunction or other judicial order on provisions of article 67. If any of the provisions of article 67 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, are temporarily or permanently enjoined or otherwise restricted and not given their full force and effect by judicial order, all other provisions of article 67 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, not so enjoined or otherwise restricted shall be enforced as though such enjoined or otherwise restricted provisions had not been enacted, provided, that if any such temporary or permanent injunction or other judicial order is stayed, lifted, dissolved or otherwise ceases to have effect, then such provisions shall have full force and effect.History: L. 2017, ch. 88, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-67a01 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a01 Fetal organs or tissue; definitions.

65-67a01. Fetal organs or tissue; definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Abortion" means an abortion as defined by K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.(b) (1) "Consideration" means:(A) Any payment made or debt incurred;(B) any gift, honorarium or recognition of value bestowed;(C) any price, charge or fee which is waived, forgiven, reduced or indefinitely delayed;(D) any loan or debt which is canceled or otherwise forgiven; or(E) the transfer of any item from one person to another or provision of any service or granting of any opportunity for which a charge is customarily made, without charge or for a reduced charge.(2) "Consideration" shall not mean:(A) A payment in an amount not to exceed $25 for the cost of transporting, processing, preserving and storing fetal tissue; or(B) a payment in an amount not to exceed the actual cost, as documented by the delivery service, of transporting fetal tissue.(c) "Delivery service" means a common carrier as defined by K.S.A. 66-105, and amendments thereto, or other person or entity used to transport fetal tissue.(d) "Fetal tissue" means any tissue, cells or organs obtained from a dead human embryo or fetus after an abortion or after a stillbirth.(e) "Person" means a person as defined by K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.(f) "Stillbirth" means a stillbirth as defined by K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 1; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a02 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a02 Same; construction of act.

65-67a02. Same; construction of act. Except as specifically provided by this act, nothing in this act shall be construed as either permitting or prohibiting the use of fetal tissue for any type of scientific, research, laboratory or other kind of experimentation either prior to or subsequent to any abortion or stillbirth.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 2; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a03 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a03 Same; when act not applicable.

65-67a03. Same; when act not applicable. This act shall not apply to:(a) The transfer of fetal tissue to a pathologist for testing or examination; or(b) the transfer of fetal tissue for the purpose of immediate burial, cremation or final disposition.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 3; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a04 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a04 Same; prohibitions; penalty.

65-67a04. Same; prohibitions; penalty. (a) No person shall solicit, offer, knowingly acquire or accept or transfer any fetal tissue for consideration.(b) No person shall solicit, offer or knowingly acquire or accept or transfer any fetal tissue for the purpose of transplantation of such tissue into another person if:(1) The fetal tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an abortion; and(2) (A) the donation of such fetal tissue will be or is made pursuant to a promise to the donating individual that the donated tissue will be transplanted into a recipient specified by such donating individual;(B) such fetal tissue will be transplanted into a relative of the donating individual; or(C) the person who solicits or knowingly acquires or accepts the donation of such fetal tissue has provided consideration for the costs associated with such abortion.(c) Any person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates this section shall be guilty of a severity level 2, nonperson felony.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 4; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a05 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a05 Same; transfers of tissue; reports.

65-67a05. Same; transfers of tissue; reports. (a) Every person who transfers fetal tissue to another person shall submit annually a written report to the secretary of the department of health and environment which contains the following:(1) The date of transfer;(2) a description of the fetal tissue;(3) the name and address of the transferor and the transferee;(4) the amount of consideration received by the transferor for making the transfer;(5) the mode of transfer or shipment; and(6) the name of the delivery service.(b) The identity of the woman donating the fetal tissue shall be confidential and shall not be included in any report required by this section.(c) No person shall ship fetal tissue without disclosing to the delivery service that human tissue is contained in such shipment.(d) Except as provided herein, information obtained by the secretary of health and environment under this section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed in a manner that would reveal the identity of any person who submits a report to the secretary under this section. Such information, including information identifying any person submitting a report hereunder, may be disclosed to the attorney general upon a showing that a reasonable cause exists to believe that a violation of this act has occurred. Any information disclosed to the attorney general pursuant to this subsection shall be used solely for the purposes of a criminal prosecution.(e) For the purpose of maintaining confidentiality, reports required by this section shall identify the name and address of the person submitting such report only by confidential code number assigned by the secretary of health and environment to such person and the department of health and environment shall maintain such reports only by such number.(f) Any person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates this section shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 5; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a06 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a06 Same; prohibitions; penalty.

65-67a06. Same; prohibitions; penalty. (a) No person shall offer any monetary or other inducement to any other person for the purpose of procuring an abortion for the medical, scientific, experimental or therapeutic use of fetal organs or tissue.(b) No person shall offer or accept any valuable consideration for the fetal organs or tissue resulting from an abortion. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payment for burial or other final disposition of the fetal remains or payment for a pathological examination, autopsy or postmortem examination of the fetal remains.(c) Any person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates this section shall be guilty of a severity level 2, nonperson felony.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 6; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a07 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a07 Same; consent of donor.

65-67a07. Same; consent of donor. (a) No person shall use fetal organs or tissue for medical, scientific, experimental or therapeutic use without the voluntary and informed consent of the woman donating such tissue. Such consent shall not be discussed or obtained prior to obtaining the consent required under K.S.A. 65-6709, and amendments thereto.(b) A person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates this section shall be guilty of a severity level 2, nonperson felony.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 7; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a08 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a08 Same; severability.

65-67a08. Same; severability. If any provision of this section [act] is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be presumed conclusively that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this section [act] without such invalid or unconstitutional provision.History: L. 2000, ch. 148, § 8; May 25.
KS Stat § 65-67a09 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a09 Child rape protection act; submission of fetal tissue from certain abortions; physicians' duties; rules and regulations; noncompliance, penalties.

65-67a09. Child rape protection act; submission of fetal tissue from certain abortions; physicians' duties; rules and regulations; noncompliance, penalties. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the child rape protection act.(b) As used in this section:(1) "Abortion" has the meaning provided in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.(2) "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.(c) Any physician who performs an abortion on a minor who was less than 14 years of age at the time of the abortion procedure shall preserve, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general pursuant to this section, fetal tissue extracted during such abortion. The physician shall submit such tissue to the Kansas bureau of investigation or to a laboratory designated by the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation.(d) The attorney general shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing:(1) The amount and type of fetal tissue to be preserved and submitted by a physician pursuant to this section;(2) procedures for the proper preservation of such tissue for the purpose of DNA testing and examination;(3) procedures for documenting the chain of custody of such tissue for use as evidence;(4) procedures for proper disposal of fetal tissue preserved pursuant to this section;(5) a uniform reporting instrument mandated to be utilized by physicians when submitting fetal tissue under this section which shall include the name of the physician submitting the fetal tissue and the name, complete address of residence and name of the parent or legal guardian of the minor upon whom the abortion was performed; and(6) procedures for communication with law enforcement agencies regarding evidence and information obtained pursuant to this section.(e) Failure of a physician to comply with any provision of this section or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder:(1) Shall constitute unprofessional conduct for the purposes of K.S.A. 65-2837, and amendments thereto; and(2) is a class A, nonperson misdemeanor upon a first conviction and a severity level 10, nonperson felony upon a second or subsequent conviction.History: L. 2005, ch. 149, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-67a10 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 67a - Fetal Organs And Tissue|65-67a10 Disposition of fetal remains.

65-67a10. Disposition of fetal remains. Every maternity center and medical care facility licensed by the department of health and environment to operate in the state shall adopt written policies and inform parents regarding their options for disposition or taking of fetal remains in an event of a fetal death.History: L. 2008, ch. 98, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 68 - Health Care Data|65-6801 Health care database; legislative intent; use of information.

65-6801. Health care database; legislative intent; use of information. (a) The legislature recognizes the urgent need to provide health care consumers, third-party payors, providers and health care planners with information regarding the trends in use and cost of health care services in this state for improved decision-making. This is to be accomplished by compiling a uniform set of data and establishing mechanisms through which the data will be disseminated.(b) It is the intent of the legislature to require that the information necessary for a review and comparison of utilization patterns, cost, quality and quantity of health care services be supplied to the health care database by all providers of health care services and third-party payors to the extent required by this section and K.S.A. 65-6805, and amendments thereto. The department of health and environment shall specify by rule and regulation the types of information which shall be submitted and the method of submission.(c) The information is to be compiled and made available in a form prescribed by the department of health and environment to improve the decision-making processes regarding access, identified needs, patterns of medical care, price and use of health care services.History: L. 1993, ch. 174, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 90, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 131, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 187, § 30; L. 2012, ch. 102, § 25; July 1.