(j) Required statements.--No Commonwealth agency shall make
any payment from Federal or State funds appropriated by the
Commonwealth for the performance of any abortion pursuant to
subsection (c)(2) or (3) unless the Commonwealth agency first:
(1) receives from the physician or facility seeking
payment a statement signed by the physician performing the
abortion stating that, prior to performing the abortion, he
obtained a non-notarized, signed statement from the pregnant
woman stating that she was a victim of rape or incest, as the
case may be, and that she reported the crime, including the
identity of the offender, if known, to a law enforcement
agency having the requisite jurisdiction or, in the case of
incest where a pregnant minor is the victim, to the county
child protective service agency and stating the name of the
law enforcement agency or child protective service agency to
which the report was made and the date such report was made;
(2) receives from the physician or facility seeking
payment, the signed statement of the pregnant woman which is
described in paragraph (1). The statement shall bear the
notice that any false statements made therein are punishable
by law and shall state that the pregnant woman is aware that
false reports to law enforcement authorities are punishable
by law; and
(3) verifies with the law enforcement agency or child
protective service agency named in the statement of the
pregnant woman whether a report of rape or incest was filed
with the agency in accordance with the statement.
The Commonwealth agency shall report any evidence of false
statements, of false reports to law enforcement authorities or
of fraud in the procurement or attempted procurement of any
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