84R23376 LED-D
 
  By: Laubenberg, Burkett, et al. H.B. No. 3446
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3446:
 
  By:  Harless C.S.H.B. No. 3446
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to signs required to be displayed at certain facilities
  that perform abortions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 171, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 171.0125 to read as follows:
         Sec. 171.0125.  REQUIRED SIGNS AT CERTAIN FACILITIES:
  AVAILABLE RESOURCES.  (a) An ambulatory surgical center licensed
  under Chapter 243 that performs more than 50 abortions in any
  12-month period or an abortion facility licensed under Chapter 245
  shall conspicuously display signs that satisfy the requirements of
  this section in each patient admission area, waiting room,
  restroom, and patient consulting room.
         (b)  The signs required by this section must contain the
  following information:
               (1)  a woman cannot be forced to have an abortion
  against her will, regardless of her age;
               (2)  if a woman is being forced to have an abortion or
  being abused, the state is able to help the woman; and
               (3)  human trafficking, including sex trafficking, is a
  violation of state law.
         (c)  The signs required by this section must also contain a
  phone number for the Department of Public Safety and a toll-free
  phone number of a nationally recognized information and referral
  hotline for victims of human trafficking.
         (d)  The signs required by this section may not contain any
  information other than the information described by Subsections (b)
  and (c).
         (e)  The signs required by this section must each be at least
  11 inches in width and 17 inches in length.
         (f)  A facility described by Subsection (a) shall post a sign
  required by this section in English and a sign in Spanish.  If the
  facility is located in a political subdivision that is required to
  provide election materials in a language other than English or
  Spanish under Section 272.011, Election Code, the facility shall
  also post a sign in that language.
         (g)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as
  necessary to implement and enforce this section.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2015, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 171.0125, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  An ambulatory surgical center or abortion
  facility is not required to comply with Section 171.0125, Health
  and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before January 1, 2016.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.