Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section twenty B of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 3. The first paragraph of section 10B of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 4. The first paragraph of section 10C of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 5. The first paragraph of section 12 of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 6. The fourth paragraph of section 14 of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 7. The first paragraph of section 3 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 8. The first paragraph of section 3A of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences.

SECTION 9. The first paragraph of section 11C of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 10. The first paragraph of section 16 of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (3).

SECTION 11. Item 1108-5200 of section 2 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 is hereby amended by striking out the words "; and provided further, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother".

SECTION 12. Item 1108-5230 of said section 2 of said chapter 151 is hereby amended by striking out the words "; and provided further, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother".

SECTION 13. Item 1108-5350 of said section 2 of said chapter 151 is hereby amended by striking out the words "; provided, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother".

SECTION 14. Item 1108-5400 of said section 2 of said chapter 151 is hereby amended by striking out the words "; provided, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother".

SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no state funds used to purchase and provide health insurance coverage for employees of the commonwealth shall, except when necessary to save the life of a mother or if a continuation of her pregnancy will impose on her a substantial risk of grave impairment of her physical or mental health, provide coverage for partial-birth abortions after viability, defined as an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.