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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to pregnancy resource center reporting requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 174 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 174. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS |
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Sec. 174.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "pregnancy |
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resource center" means an organization, including a pregnancy |
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counseling organization, crisis pregnancy center, pregnancy care |
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center, or pregnancy support center, that for a fee or free of |
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charge provides pregnancy counseling or information but: |
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(1) does not perform abortions or make referrals to an |
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abortion provider; |
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(2) does not provide or make referrals for |
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comprehensive birth control services; |
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(3) is not licensed or certified by this state or the |
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federal government to provide medical or health care services; and |
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(4) is not required to have a physician under contract |
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to provide or directly supervise all health care services provided |
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by the organization. |
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Sec. 174.002. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each pregnancy |
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resource center shall submit a monthly report to the commission |
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containing information on each patient receiving services provided |
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by the center. The report must be submitted on the form prescribed |
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by the commission and made available on the commission's Internet |
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website. |
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(b) The report must include: |
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(1) the licensing status of the center; |
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(2) each patient's year of birth, race, marital |
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status, and county and state of residence; |
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(3) the type of services provided; |
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(4) the date the services were provided; |
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(5) the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn |
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child based on the best judgment of the attending physician or other |
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health care practitioner at the time services were provided; |
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(6) the date, if known, of each patient's last |
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menstrual cycle; |
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(7) the number of previous live births of each |
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patient; and |
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(8) the number of previous induced abortions of each |
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patient, if applicable. |
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(c) Not later than the 15th day of each month, the pregnancy |
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resource center shall submit to the commission the report required |
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by this section for each person receiving services provided by the |
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center in the preceding calendar month. |
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(d) The commission shall provide the information submitted |
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under this section biannually in a report to the members of the |
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legislature. |
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(e) The commission shall remove the name, birth date, and |
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any other personal identifying information of a patient from a |
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report submitted under Subsection (d). |
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(f) A pregnancy resource center or health care practitioner |
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that violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the |
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state agency that regulates the center or practitioner as if the |
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center or practitioner had violated the applicable licensing law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |