Healthcare

Unregulated pregnancy clinics; unauthorized practice of medicine; unprofessional conduct of medical providers; civil penalty. Requires unregulated pregnancy clinics, as defined by the bill, to have a qualified medical provider who supervises and takes responsibility for the provision of all medical care at such facility. The bill provides that any such clinic is required to provide to a client, upon request, the name and contact information for the qualified medical provider who supervises medical care to such client. A clinic shall notify the Board of Health, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board, of the name and contact information for its qualified medical providers. Any person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty of up to $3,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for a second or subsequent violation. The bill provides that individuals licensed by the Board of Medicine or the Board of Nursing are subject to disciplinary action for making or knowing of certain willful representations of the care provided at such unregulated pregnancy clinics if such representations are not true.

Board of Health; Stillbirth Support Grant Program established. Establishes the Stillbirth Support Grant Program to provide grants to individuals who deliver a stillborn child, as defined in the bill, to assist with out-of-pocket expenses associated with such delivery. The bill authorizes the Board of Health to administer the Program and establish procedures and issue guidelines for administration of the Program as it deems appropriate. An application for such grant must be submitted within one year of delivery of a stillborn child.