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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the |
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performance of an abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health |
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and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER M. REGULATION [PROVISION] OF SERVICES |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 285.202 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 285.202. PROHIBITED USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR ABORTIONS; |
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EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY. (a) In this section, "medical |
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emergency" means a life-threatening physical condition aggravated |
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by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that, as certified by a |
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physician, places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of |
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substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an |
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abortion is performed. |
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(b) Except in the case of a medical emergency, a hospital |
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district created under general or special law may not use tax |
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revenue of the district to finance the performance of an abortion. |
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(c) A physician who performs an abortion in a medical |
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emergency at a hospital or other health care facility owned or |
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operated by a hospital district shall: |
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(1) include in the patient's medical records a |
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statement signed by the physician certifying the nature of the |
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medical emergency; and |
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(2) not later than the 30th day after the date the |
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abortion is performed, certify to the Department of State Health |
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Services the specific medical condition that constituted the |
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emergency. |
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(d) The statement required under Subsection (c)(1) shall be |
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placed in the patient's medical records and shall be kept by the |
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hospital or other health care facility where the abortion is |
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performed until: |
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(1) the seventh anniversary of the date the abortion |
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is performed; or |
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(2) if the pregnant woman is a minor, the later of: |
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(A) the seventh anniversary of the date the |
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abortion is performed; or |
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(B) the woman's 21st birthday. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |