85R768 SCL-D
By: Schaefer H.B. No. 144
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion
facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(a) Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [an annual]
report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the
abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [on a form
provided by] the department in the form and manner prescribed by the
department.
(f) The department shall establish and maintain a secure
electronic reporting system for the submission of each report
required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to
enforce this section.
SECTION 2. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows:
Sec. 245.0115. DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department
shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing
aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under
Section 245.011.
(b) The department's monthly report may not identify by any
means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or
a patient.
SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services shall
establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section
245.011(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
than September 1, 2018.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.