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Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. STATE FUNDING FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES
SECTION ____.01. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M. REGULATION [PROVISION] OF SERVICES
SECTION ____.02. Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 285.202 to read as follows:
Sec. 285.202. USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR ABORTIONS; EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY. (a) In this section, "medical emergency" means a condition exists that, in a physician's good faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman and necessitates the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avoid a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.
(b) Except in the case of a medical emergency, a hospital district created under general or special law that uses tax revenue of the district to finance the performance of an abortion may not receive state funding.
(c) A physician who performs an abortion in a medical emergency at a hospital or other health care facility owned or operated by a hospital district that receives state funds shall:
(1) include in the patient's medical records a statement signed by the physician certifying the nature of the medical emergency; and
(2) not later than the 30th day after the date the abortion is performed, certify to the Department of State Health Services the specific medical condition that constituted the emergency.
(d) The statement required under Subsection (c)(1) shall be placed in the patient's medical records and shall be kept by the hospital or other health care facility where the abortion is performed until:
(1) the seventh anniversary of the date the abortion is performed; or
(2) if the pregnant woman is a minor, the later of:
(A) the seventh anniversary of the date the abortion is performed; or
(B) the woman's 21st birthday.
(e) A hospital district created by general or special law that receives state funding may not:
(1) make a charitable donation or financial contribution from tax revenue of the district to an organization, agency, or entity that provides or refers for abortion or abortion-related services; or
(2) contract or affiliate with other organizations, agencies, or entities that provide or refer for abortion or abortion related services.