Bill Text: NJ A1380 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [A1380 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1380-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL
District 25 (Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning Medicaid payments for abortifacients and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. No payments for medical assistance shall be made under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) for the termination of a pregnancy through the use of an abortifacient, including but not limited to mifepristone, for any reason except where it is medically indicated to be necessary to preserve the woman's life.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that Medicaid funds shall not be used for the termination of a woman's pregnancy through the use of abortifacients, including but not limited to mifepristone (RU-486), for any reason except where it is medically indicated to be necessary to preserve the woman's life.
