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By: Dukes H.B. No. 57
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on regulations to restrict abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 170.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 170.004. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL ABORTION
RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enacted on or
after June 1, 2013, that restricts access to abortion or the
availability of abortion does not take effect unless, not later
than September 1, 2014, the executive commissioner of the Health
and Human Services Commission finds, and publishes in the Texas
Register, that the state has maximized funding for the Texas
Women's Health Program with federal funds available through a
waiver under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. Section 1315).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.