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