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title: HB 1069. Public Health, Department of; publish and maintain statistical reports relating to induced terminations of pregnancy notwithstanding requirements on the department for physician confidentiality; require
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date: 2026-02-02
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bill_number: HB 1069
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
session_slug: 2025-2026
chamber: House
bill_type: bill
status_date: 2026-01-28
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
- Emory Dunahoo
- Kasey Carpenter
- Tyler Smith
- Mitchell Horner
- Mitchell Scoggins
- Martin Momtahan
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topic_tags:
- abortion reporting
- public health data
- medical privacy
- vital records
- reproductive health statistics
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# HB 1069. Public Health, Department of; publish and maintain statistical reports relating to induced terminations of pregnancy notwithstanding requirements on the department for physician confidentiality; require
## Text
House Bill 1069
By: Representatives Dunahoo of the 31st, Carpenter of the 4th, Smith of the 18th, Horner of
the 3rd, Scoggins of the 14th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vital
records, so as to require the Department of Public Health to publish and maintain statistical
reports relating to induced terminations of pregnancy notwithstanding requirements on the
department for physician confidentiality; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vital records,
is amended by revising Code Section 31-10-19, relating to reporting of induced termination
of pregnancy, as follows:
"31-10-19.
(a) Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this state, regardless of the
length of gestation or weight, shall be reported directly to the department within ten days
by the person in charge of the institution or clinic, or designated representative, in which
the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of
pregnancy was performed outside an institution or clinic, the attending physician shall
prepare and file the report within the time specified by this Code section.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (i) of Code Section
16-12-141.1, subsection (h) of Code Section 31-9A-6, and subsection (c) of Code Section
31-9B-3, on and after July 1, 2026, the department shall publish on the department's
website, either directly or via a hyperlink to a separate website or web based application,
information containing statistics and indicators relating to induced terminations of
pregnancy, presented in tabular, mapped, charted, or other appropriate form. Such
information shall be updated and posted not less than annually and shall include, but shall
not be limited to, data on the number of induced terminations of pregnancy beginning from
the year 1994, which shall be broken down by year, county, age, race, and ethnicity;
provided, however, that the posted information shall comply with the provisions of the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, and
the department shall ensure none of the information posted could reasonably lead to the
identification of any individual female or of any female for whom a guardian or
conservator has been appointed."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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House Bill 1069 would require Georgia's Department of Public Health to publish annual statistics on induced pregnancy terminations dating back to 1994, even where other state laws otherwise protect physician confidentiality.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia law currently requires abortion providers to report each induced termination of pregnancy to the Department of Public Health within ten days, but several other code sections protect the confidentiality of physicians and facilities involved. This bill adds a new subsection to that reporting law (O.C.G.A. § 31-10-19) requiring the department to publish statistics on its website about induced terminations of pregnancy, overriding confidentiality protections found in three other Code sections.
Starting July 1, 2026, the department would have to post updated data at least once a year, broken down by year, county, age, race, and ethnicity, going back to 1994. The bill requires this published information to comply with the federal health privacy law known as HIPAA and bars the department from posting anything that could reasonably identify an individual woman or a woman under guardianship or conservatorship.
### What it does
- Adds a new subsection (b) to O.C.G.A. § 31-10-19 requiring the Department of Public Health to publish statistics on induced terminations of pregnancy on its website.
- Overrides confidentiality protections in three other Code sections (16-12-141.1, 31-9A-6, and 31-9B-3) specifically for this reporting requirement.
- Sets a starting date of July 1, 2026 for the publication requirement, with data required to be updated at least annually.
- Requires the published data to cover the number of terminations from 1994 onward, broken down by year, county, age, race, and ethnicity.
- Requires the department to keep the published data compliant with the federal HIPAA privacy law and to avoid posting information that could identify any individual woman or ward.
### Who it affects
The Department of Public Health, which must build and maintain the new public reports; abortion providers, clinics, and physicians who already file termination reports; and women who obtain abortions in Georgia, whose aggregated but anonymized data would become part of the published statistics.
### Why it matters
If enacted, Georgians and researchers would gain public access to detailed, decades-long statistics on abortions performed in the state, broken down by location and demographics, information that is not currently required to be published in this form due to existing confidentiality rules for medical providers.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 31-10-19 to add subsection (b), the new publication requirement, while keeping the existing ten-day reporting rule in subsection (a) unchanged.
- The new subsection specifically overrides confidentiality provisions in O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-141.1(i), 31-9A-6(h), and 31-9B-3(c) for purposes of this reporting.
- Data must be presented in tabular, mapped, charted, or other appropriate form and updated at least annually starting July 1, 2026.
- Required data categories include year, county, age, race, and ethnicity, starting from 1994.
- The department must ensure compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and prevent identification of any individual woman, including those with a guardian or conservator.
- Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2026-01-28)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-02)
- Sponsors: Emory Dunahoo, Kasey Carpenter, Tyler Smith, Mitchell Horner, Mitchell Scoggins, Martin Momtahan
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72520
> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1069.md?full=1