Amend CSHB 2510 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT OF REPORTING AT CERTAIN FACILITIES
SECTION ____.01. Section 245.005, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) In enforcing this chapter, the department shall ensure that a named individual on behalf of the licensee is responsible for compliance by the licensee with the requirements of this chapter.
SECTION ____.02. Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(a) Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [an annual] report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [on a form provided by] the department in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The individual responsible for compliance under Section 245.005(g) shall submit the required report on behalf of a licensee.
(f) The report required by this section must be submitted to the department not later than the 15th day of each month for each abortion performed at the abortion facility in the preceding calendar month.
(g) The department shall establish and maintain a secure electronic reporting system for the submission of the reports required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to enforce this section.
SECTION ____.03. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows:
Sec. 245.0115. DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under Section 245.011.
(b) The department's monthly report may not identify by any means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or a patient.
SECTION ____.04. (a) The Department of State Health Services shall establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section 245.011(g), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2016.