Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3446 by Laubenberg (Relating to signs required to be displayed at certain facilities that perform abortions.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require a licensed ambulatory surgical center that performs more than 50 abortions in a 12-month period or a licensed abortion facility to display required information in both English and Spanish regarding abortion consent, abuse, and human trafficking. The bill would require a facility that is located in a political subdivision that is required to provide election materials in a language other than English or Spanish to display the information in the other language as well. The bill requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) executive commissioner to adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce the bill. HHSC and the Department of State Health Services have indicated that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of