(Harrisburg) -- The state House will likely consider today a bill to require clinics providing abortions to operate under the same regulations as outpatient surgery facilities. Republican lawmakers are still negotiating whether the bill would apply to all of the state’s clinics providing abortions, or just a few. The legislation would mean new licensing -- and generally getting up to a different code -- would be in order for the clinics. Opponents say that would price clinics out of operation and limit the availability of abortion care. But, Representative Matthew Baker, a Bradford County Republican, says this bill is about patient safety. "If they’re going to do a surgical procedure, they should be subjected to the same regulations as the other 212 ambulatory surgical centers," he says. "What is just a disgrace is that they are trying to say that they’re overregulated." The state Health Department counts 22 certified clinics performing abortions in Pennsylvania. According to a note on the proposed legislation, a few of those may close rather than apply for licensing -- which is something critics of the bill charge is the intent of the legislation.