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| 1 | - | 87R20451 KKR-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Bell of Kaufman, Oliverson, Cain, Noble, H.B. No. 1291 | |
| 3 | - | Sanford, et al. | |
| 4 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1291: | |
| 5 | - | By: Klick C.S.H.B. No. 1291 | |
| 1 | + | By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1291 | |
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| 8 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 6 | relating to notice of the right to object to participation in an | |
| 11 | 7 | abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital or | |
| 12 | 8 | health care facility. | |
| 13 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Occupations Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 11 | adding Section 103.005 to read as follows: | |
| 16 | - | Sec. 103.005. REQUIRED NOTICE. (a) A hospital or health | |
| 17 | - | care facility at which abortions are performed, including a | |
| 18 | - | facility licensed under Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, shall | |
| 19 | - | post a sign in a location easily visible to each physician, nurse, | |
| 20 | - | staff member, or employee of the hospital or facility who performs | |
| 21 | - | or participates or may perform or participate in an abortion | |
| 22 | - | procedure. | |
| 23 | - | (b) The sign must inform each physician, nurse, staff | |
| 24 | - | member, or employee that: | |
| 12 | + | Sec. 103.005. REQUIRED NOTICE. A hospital or health care | |
| 13 | + | facility shall provide written notice to each physician, nurse, | |
| 14 | + | staff member, or employee of the hospital or facility that: | |
| 25 | 15 | (1) the individual has a right to object to directly or | |
| 26 | 16 | indirectly performing or participating in an abortion procedure; | |
| 27 | - | (2) the hospital or | |
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| 29 | - | ||
| 17 | + | (2) the hospital or facility is prohibited from | |
| 18 | + | discriminating against the individual for refusing to perform or | |
| 19 | + | participate in an abortion procedure; and | |
| 30 | 20 | (3) the individual may be entitled to a remedy, | |
| 31 | 21 | including injunctive relief, affirmative relief, and any other | |
| 32 | 22 | necessary relief, under Section 103.003 for a violation of the | |
| 33 | 23 | individual's right to object. | |
| 34 | - | (c) The sign must be: | |
| 35 | - | (1) at least 11 inches by 17 inches in size and written | |
| 36 | - | in at least a 16-point font; and | |
| 37 | - | (2) posted separately in: | |
| 38 | - | (A) English; | |
| 39 | - | (B) Spanish; and | |
| 40 | - | (C) any other primary language spoken by 10 | |
| 41 | - | percent or more of the hospital or health care facility's | |
| 42 | - | physicians, nurses, staff members, or employees who perform or | |
| 43 | - | participate or may perform or participate in an abortion procedure. | |
| 44 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |