Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1146 by Perry (Relating to abortion reporting and exemptions to abortion facility licensing; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Health and Safety Code Chapter 171 to require a physician that performs an abortion at a location other than a facility licensed under Chapter 245 to complete and submit a monthly report to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). HHSC would be required to establish and maintain a secure electronic reporting system for the submission of the monthly report.
The bill would amend Health and Safety Code to revise exemptions from licensing requirements under Chapter 245. The bill would also amend Chapter 245 by adding information required in monthly reports. HHSC would be required to include the additional information in the monthly report published on the commission's website.
The bill would create an offense if a person violates provisions of the bill related to amending Health and Safety Code Chapter 171. The offense created by this bill would be a Class A misdemeanor.
This analysis assumes any cost for HHSC to implement provisions of the bill would be minimal and could be absorbed within available resources.
Local Government Impact
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication.
Source Agencies:
503 Texas Medical Board, 529 Hlth & Human Svcs Comm