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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on regulations to restrict abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 170.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 170.004. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL ABORTION |
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RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enacted on or |
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after June 1, 2013, that restricts access to abortion or the |
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availability of abortion does not take effect unless, not later |
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than September 1, 2014, the executive commissioner of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission finds, and publishes in the Texas |
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Register, that the state has maximized funding for the Texas |
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Women's Health Program with federal funds available through a |
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waiver under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 1315). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |