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House Bill 13 (1st C.S.) |
House Author: Capriglione et al. |
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Effective: 11-14-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Campbell |
House Bill 13 amends the Health and Safety Code to require certain physicians and health care facilities to electronically submit a report to the Health and Human Services Commission regarding each abortion complication diagnosed or treated by the reporting physician or at the reporting facility, as applicable. The bill prescribes the required contents of the report and provides for the confidentiality of information included in the report. The bill subjects a physician or health care facility that violates these reporting requirements to a civil penalty, related attorney's fees and costs, and certain disciplinary action.