3901 AMH SOMH H2857.1

HB 3901 - H AMD 288 ADOPTED 3-17-97

By Representative H. Sommers

    On page 215, after line 38, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1006.  The legislature finds that, according to the department of health's monitoring system, sixty percent of births to women on medicaid were identified as unintended by the women themselves.  The director of the office of financial management shall establish an interagency task force on unintended pregnancy in order to:

    (1) Review existing research on the short and long-range costs;

    (2) Analyze the impact on the temporary assistance for needy families program; and

    (3) Develop and implement a state strategy to reduce unintended pregnancy."

    Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:  Requires the director of the office of financial management to create an interagency task force to study the consequences of unintended pregnancies.

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