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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of a fetal death certificate after an |
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abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 171, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 171.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 171.006. FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (a) A |
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physician or physician's agent shall file a fetal death certificate |
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with the local registrar of the appropriate registration district |
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in accordance with Chapter 193 and department rules for each death |
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of an unborn child that occurs as a result of an abortion performed |
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by the physician regardless of the gestational age of the unborn |
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child at the time the abortion is performed. |
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(b) The physician or physician's agent shall provide a copy |
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of the fetal death certificate to the woman on whom the abortion was |
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performed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to an abortion performed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |