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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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ating to facility reporting requirements for an abortion |
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performed at an abortion facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. ABORTION FACILITY PHYSICIAN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS |
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Sec. 171.051. PHYSICIAN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) A |
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physician who performs an abortion at an abortion facility licensed |
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under Chapter 245 must complete and submit to the department a |
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monthly report on each abortion performed by the physician at the |
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facility. The report must be submitted on a form provided by the |
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department. |
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(b) The report may not identify by any means the patient |
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undergoing the abortion. |
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(c) The report must include the information described by |
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Section 245.011(c). |
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(d) Not later than the 15th day of each month, a physician |
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shall submit by any means in which the receipt may be acknowledged |
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by the department the physician report required by this section for |
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each abortion performed by the physician at an abortion facility in |
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the preceding calendar month. |
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Sec. 171.052. PENALTIES. (a) The commissioner of state |
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health services may assess an administrative penalty against a |
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physician who fails to submit the physician report required by |
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Section 171.051 in the time specified under that section. The |
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amount of the penalty is $1,000 for the first 30-day period or |
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portion of a 30-day period the report remains overdue, $2,500 for |
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the second 30-day period, and $5,000 for each 30-day period |
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thereafter. |
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(b) The commissioner of state health services shall bring an |
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action against a physician who fails to file the report required by |
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Section 171.051 on or before six months after the date the report |
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was due to compel the physician to submit a complete report in the |
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time ordered by the court or be subject to sanctions for civil |
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contempt. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |