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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1948 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion |
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| 8 | 8 | | facility. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [an annual] |
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| 14 | 14 | | report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the |
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| 15 | 15 | | abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [on a form |
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| 16 | 16 | | provided by] the department in the form and manner prescribed by the |
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| 17 | 17 | | department. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (f) The department shall establish and maintain a secure |
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| 19 | 19 | | electronic reporting system for the submission of each report |
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| 20 | 20 | | required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforce this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 23 | 23 | | by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sec. 245.0115. DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing |
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| 26 | 26 | | aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 245.011. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) The department's monthly report may not identify by any |
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| 29 | 29 | | means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or |
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| 30 | 30 | | a patient. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services shall |
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| 32 | 32 | | establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 245.011(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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| 34 | 34 | | than September 1, 2018. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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