2E578FC6AB73BE0A872586A300067D42 Hearing Summary

Representative Luck,
bill sponsor, introduced HB21-1183.  The bill requires health care
providers that perform induced terminations of pregnancy to report certain
information to the Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics in
the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), and adds the failure
to report to the definition of “unprofessional conduct” for physicians
and physician assistants and to the grounds for discipline for advanced
practice registered nurses.  The registrar must create an annual,
public summary report of non-identifying information, and the bill limits
and specifies the conditions under which the information may be shared.




Public testimony submitted for HB21-1183 can be found in Attachment L.

The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.

Mrs. Wendy Smith, MSN, ACNP-retired, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Catherine Wheeler, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Michael Antonacci, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Hannah Beasley, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. The panel of witnesses responded to questions from the committee.

Selina Najar, representing Cobalt, testified in opposition to the bill. Amanda Carlson, representing a Doctor of Medicine, testified in opposition to the bill. Dr. Kelly Sennholz, representing herself, testified in opposition to the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Mr. Matt Niedzielski, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. The testimony of Mr. Steven Buckley, representing himself, was read. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Dr. Thomas Perille, representing Democrats for Life of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Giuliana Day, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Mrs. Joni Shepherd, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Brittany Vessely, representing Colorado Catholic Conference, testified in support of the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Scott Horak, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ryan Secrist, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Jeff Hunt, representing The Centennial Institute, testified in support of the bill. The witness responded to questions from the committee.

Mr. Michael Parker, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. The witness responded to questions from the committee.