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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the required filing of a fetal death certificate for an |
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unborn child following an abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 193.0035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 193.0035. FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOLLOWING |
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ABORTION. A physician who performs or induces an abortion shall |
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file a fetal death certificate for the unborn child, regardless of |
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the gestational age of the unborn child at the time of the abortion. |
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SECTION 2. Section 674.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Fetal death certificate" means a death |
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certificate filed for any fetus [weighing 350 grams or more or, if |
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the weight is unknown, a fetus age 20 weeks or more as calculated |
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from the start date of the last normal menstrual period to the date |
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of delivery]. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an abortion that is performed or induced on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |