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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of an abortion-inducing drug. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 171, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 171.0611 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 171.0611. EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS; LOCAL REGULATION. (a) |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a physician may provide an |
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abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant individual in accordance with |
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this subchapter. To the extent that a provision of this subchapter |
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conflicts with any other law, this subchapter controls. |
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(b) A political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an |
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ordinance, order, or other measure that conflicts with this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 171.063(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Before the physician provides an abortion-inducing |
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drug, the physician must: |
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(1) examine the pregnant woman in person; |
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(2) independently verify that a pregnancy exists; |
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(3) document, in the woman's medical record, the |
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gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy to |
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determine whether an ectopic pregnancy exists; |
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(4) determine the pregnant woman's blood type, and for |
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a woman who is Rh negative, offer to administer Rh immunoglobulin |
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(RhoGAM) at the time the abortion-inducing drug is administered or |
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used or the abortion is performed or induced to prevent Rh |
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incompatibility, complications, or miscarriage in future |
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pregnancies; |
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(5) document whether the pregnant woman received |
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treatment for Rh negativity, as diagnosed by the most accurate |
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standard of medical care; and |
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(6) ensure the physician does not provide an |
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abortion-inducing drug for a pregnant woman whose pregnancy is more |
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than 70 [49] days of gestational age. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |