84R4182 SCL-D
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 730
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of abortion providers and facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) The rules must contain minimum standards to protect the
health and safety of a patient of an abortion facility and must
contain provisions requiring compliance with the requirements of
Subchapter B, Chapter 171. [On and after September 1, 2014, the
minimum standards for an abortion facility must be equivalent to
the minimum standards adopted under Section 243.010 for ambulatory
surgical centers.]
(c) The standards may not be more stringent than Medicare
certification standards, if any, for:
(1) qualifications for professional and
nonprofessional personnel;
(2) supervision of professional and nonprofessional
personnel;
(3) medical treatment and medical services provided by
an abortion facility and the coordination of treatment and
services, including quality assurance;
(4) sanitary and hygienic conditions within an
abortion facility;
(5) the equipment essential to the health and welfare
of the patients;
(6) clinical records kept by an abortion facility; and
(7) management, ownership, and control of the
facility.
SECTION 2. Section 171.0031, Health and Safety Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an abortion performed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An abortion performed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2015.