72 Pa. Stat. § 1704-D

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 1704-D - Duties of family planning services providers and subcontractors
(a) Physical and financial separation of abortion and family planning activities.--Each family planning services provider and subcontractor shall keep a project physically and financially separate from abortion-related activities conducted by that family planning services provider or subcontractor.
(b) Inclusion of restrictions in contracts.--The restrictions and conditions specified in this article shall be made a part of every grant, contract or other agreement between the Department of Public Welfare or the Department of Health, as appropriate, and each family planning services provider and every grant, contract or other agreement between a family planning services provider and a subcontractor.
(c) Inspections and audits.--A family planning services provider who also performs abortion-related activities shall obtain an annual independent audit of its facilities to assure compliance with the physical and financial separation requirements of this article. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with standards prescribed by the Department of Public Welfare or the Department of Health, as appropriate, and shall be submitted to the department no later than January 30 of each year. Further evidence of such physical and financial separation shall be supplied through such documentation as the Department of Public Welfare or the Department of Health, as appropriate, shall request. The Department of Public Welfare or the Department of Health, as appropriate, shall make the audits required by this subsection available for public inspection and copying.

72 P.S. § 1704-D

1929, April 9, P.L. 343, art. XVII-D, § 1704-D, added 2006, July 5, P.L. 296, No. 66, § 2, imd. effective.