82R17788 CJC-D
By: Christian, Huberty, Craddick, Hilderbran, H.B. No. 561
Cook, et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 561:
By: Cook C.S.H.B. No. 561
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the
performance of an abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health
and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M. REGULATION [PROVISION] OF SERVICES
SECTION 2. Subchapter M, Chapter 285, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 285.202 to read as follows:
Sec. 285.202. PROHIBITED USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR ABORTIONS;
EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY. (a) In this section, "medical
emergency" means a life-threatening physical condition aggravated
by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that, as certified by a
physician, places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of
substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an
abortion is performed.
(b) Except in the case of a medical emergency, a hospital
district created under general or special law may not use tax
revenue of the district to finance the performance of an abortion.
(c) A physician who performs an abortion in a medical
emergency at a hospital or other health care facility owned or
operated by a hospital district shall:
(1) include in the patient's medical records a
statement signed by the physician certifying the nature of the
medical emergency; and
(2) not later than the 30th day after the date the
abortion is performed, certify to the Department of State Health
Services the specific medical condition that constituted the
emergency.
(d) The statement required under Subsection (c)(1) shall be
placed in the patient's medical records and shall be kept by the
hospital or other health care facility where the abortion is
performed until:
(1) the seventh anniversary of the date the abortion
is performed; or
(2) if the pregnant woman is a minor, the later of:
(A) the seventh anniversary of the date the
abortion is performed; or
(B) the woman's 21st birthday.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.