US Congress House Bill 5731 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 58-1)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Telemedicine Safety Act - Prohibits: (1) knowingly providing a telemedicine abortion across state lines; (2) the use of any funds made available under a telemedicine law for telemedicine abortions or for assistance to facilities that offer telemedicine abortions; or (3) the use of any equipment, infrastructure, or other items purchased using funds made available under a telemedicine law for telemedicine abortions. Defines a "telemedicine abortion" as the use by a health professional of telemedicine services to provide any instrument, medicine, drug, or method to terminate the life of an unborn child or to terminate a pregnancy, without conducting an in-person medical examination of the woman during her pregnancy, with an intention other than: (1) to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the child after live birth; or (2) to remove an ectopic pregnancy or to remove an unborn child who died as the result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant female or such child.

Telemedicine Safety Act

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Chip Cravaack [R-MN]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Jeffrey Landry [R-LA]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-05-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2012-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
2012-05-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-05-10	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2012-05-10	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-05-10	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-05-10	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-05-10	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5731/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5731/BILLS-112hr5731ih.pdf