87R12237 MCF-D
 
  By: Ramos H.B. No. 4552
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to pregnancy resource center reporting requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 174 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 174. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS
         Sec. 174.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "pregnancy
  resource center" means an organization, including a pregnancy
  counseling organization, crisis pregnancy center, pregnancy care
  center, or pregnancy support center, that for a fee or free of
  charge provides pregnancy counseling or information but:
               (1)  does not perform abortions or make referrals to an
  abortion provider;
               (2)  does not provide or make referrals for
  comprehensive birth control services;
               (3)  is not licensed or certified by this state or the
  federal government to provide medical or health care services; and
               (4)  is not required to have a physician under contract
  to provide or directly supervise all health care services provided
  by the organization.
         Sec. 174.002.  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a)  Each pregnancy
  resource center shall submit a monthly report to the commission
  containing information on each patient receiving services provided
  by the center.  The report must be submitted on the form prescribed
  by the commission and made available on the commission's Internet
  website.
         (b)  The report must include:
               (1)  the licensing status of the center;
               (2)  each patient's year of birth, race, marital
  status, and county and state of residence;
               (3)  the type of services provided;
               (4)  the date the services were provided;
               (5)  the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn
  child based on the best judgment of the attending physician or other
  health care practitioner at the time services were provided;
               (6)  the date, if known, of each patient's last
  menstrual cycle;
               (7)  the number of previous live births of each
  patient; and
               (8)  the number of previous induced abortions of each
  patient, if applicable.
         (c)  Not later than the 15th day of each month, the pregnancy
  resource center shall submit to the commission the report required
  by this section for each person receiving services provided by the
  center in the preceding calendar month.
         (d)  The commission shall provide the information submitted
  under this section biannually in a report to the members of the
  legislature.
         (e)  The commission shall remove the name, birth date, and
  any other personal identifying information of a patient from a
  report submitted under Subsection (d).
         (f)  A pregnancy resource center or health care practitioner
  that violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the
  state agency that regulates the center or practitioner as if the
  center or practitioner had violated the applicable licensing law.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.