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| 1 | 1 | 85R11711 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Swanson H.B. No. 2349 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the filing of a fetal death certificate after an | |
| 8 | 8 | abortion. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 171, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 171.006 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 171.006. FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (a) A | |
| 13 | 13 | physician or physician's agent shall file a fetal death certificate | |
| 14 | 14 | with the local registrar of the appropriate registration district | |
| 15 | 15 | in accordance with Chapter 193 and department rules for each death | |
| 16 | 16 | of an unborn child that occurs as a result of an abortion performed | |
| 17 | 17 | by the physician regardless of the gestational age of the unborn | |
| 18 | 18 | child at the time the abortion is performed. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The physician or physician's agent shall provide a copy | |
| 20 | 20 | of the fetal death certificate to the woman on whom the abortion was | |
| 21 | 21 | performed. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code, as | |
| 23 | 23 | added by this Act, applies only to an abortion performed on or after | |
| 24 | 24 | the effective date of this Act. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |