§ 20-16-906 - Regulations -- Collection and reporting of information. - Arkansas Statutes

20-16-906. Regulations -- Collection and reporting of information.

(a) The Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and promulgate regulations regarding reporting requirements.

(b) The Center for Health Statistics of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall ensure that all information collected by the center regarding abortions performed in this state shall be available to the public in printed form and on a twenty-four-hour basis on the center's website, provided that in no case shall the privacy of a patient or doctor be compromised.

(c) The information collected by the center regarding abortions performed in this state shall be continually updated.

(d) (1) (A) By June 3 of each year, the division shall issue a public report providing statistics on the number of women provided information and materials pursuant to this subchapter during the previous calendar year.

(B) Each report shall also provide the statistics for all previous calendar years, adjusted to reflect any additional information received after the deadline.

(2) The division shall take care to ensure that none of the information included in the public reports could reasonably lead to the identification of any individual who received information in accordance with 20-16-903(1) or 20-16-903(3).