Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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HB 555 revises O.C.G.A. § 15-11-64, relating to the reporting of pending abortions of unemancipated minors. Each clerk of the juvenile court is required to report to the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) the total number of petitions filed under subsection (b) of O.C.G.A. § 15-11-682, along with other statistics relating to petitions for abortions of unemancipated minors, and this report is required to be made by March 15 of each year for the previous calendar year. The individual reports made to the AOC shall be confidential and not subject to public disclosure; additionally, the reports are required to be destroyed six months after submission to the AOC. The AOC is required to provide only aggregated statistics to the Department of Public Health, under O.C.G.A. § 16-12-141.1. |