| 1 | 1 | | By: Deuell S.B. No. 24 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed June 5, 2013; June 11, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; |
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| 4 | 4 | | June 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 2; June 14, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to minimum standards for abortion facilities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 245.010, Health and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The rules must contain minimum standards to protect the |
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| 15 | 15 | | health and safety of a patient of an abortion facility and must |
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| 16 | 16 | | contain provisions requiring compliance with the requirements of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 171. On and after September 1, 2014, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | minimum standards for an abortion facility must be equivalent to |
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| 19 | 19 | | the minimum standards adopted under Section 243.010 for ambulatory |
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| 20 | 20 | | surgical centers. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2014, Subsection (c), |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, is repealed. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health |
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| 24 | 24 | | and Human Services Commission shall adopt the standards required by |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not |
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| 26 | 26 | | later than January 1, 2014. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) A facility licensed under Chapter 245, Health and Safety |
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| 28 | 28 | | Code, is not required to comply with the standards adopted under |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, |
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| 30 | 30 | | before September 1, 2014. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | legislative session. |
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| 37 | 37 | | * * * * * |
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