6219-S AMS BAUM S4636.1
SSB 6219 - S AMD 376By Senator Baumgartner
NOT ADOPTED 01/31/2018
On page 4, line 1, after "provided in" strike "subsection (5)" and insert "subsection (5) or (6)"
On page 4, after line 28, insert the following: "(6) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to permit abortions of fetuses with down syndrome."
On page 4, after line 37, insert the following:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. "A new section is added to chapter 48.43 RCW to read as follows:
No health plan may provide a covered person with coverage for the abortion of a fetus with down syndrome."
EFFECT: Prohibits coverage for the abortion of a fetus with down syndrome.
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