87R10394 JG-D
 
  By: Cason H.B. No. 2976
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the required filing of a fetal death certificate for an
  unborn child following an abortion.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 193.0035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 193.0035.  FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOLLOWING
  ABORTION. A physician who performs or induces an abortion shall
  file a fetal death certificate for the unborn child, regardless of
  the gestational age of the unborn child at the time of the abortion.
         SECTION 2.  Section 674.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Fetal death certificate" means a death
  certificate filed for any fetus [weighing 350 grams or more or, if
  the weight is unknown, a fetus age 20 weeks or more as calculated
  from the start date of the last normal menstrual period to the date
  of delivery].
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an abortion that is performed or induced on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.