Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB561 by Christian (Relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the performance of an abortion.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to prohibit a hospital district created under general or special law from financing an abortion with tax revenue except in the case of a medical emergency as defined by the provisions of the bill. The bill would require a physician who performs an abortion to certify to the Department of State Health Services the specific medical condition that constituted the emergency within 30 days after the abortion is performed.
Local Government Impact
According to the Collin County Health Care District and the City of Houston's Department of Health and Human Services, there would be no fiscal impact associated with the provisions of the bill.