| TO: | Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB15 by Miller, Sid (Relating to providing a sonogram before an abortion; providing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to compile and make available, at no cost, a list of health care providers, facilities, and clinics that offer no-cost obstetric sonogram services. DSHS would be required to prepare a form to be used to certify certain provisions of the bill had been met before an abortion was performed. DSHS would be required to receive notification from abortion providers, in the case of procedures performed due to medical emergency, of the specific medical condition constituting the emergency. The bill would require the Texas Medical Board or DSHS to revoke the license of a physician or abortion provider that violates the requirements of Subchapter C as added by the bill to Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code.
It is assumed that any cost to implement the provisions of the bill would be minimal and could be absorbed within available resources.
| Source Agencies: | 503 Texas Medical Board, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, LR, SD, MB
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