87R10394 JG-D
By: Cason H.B. No. 2976
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required filing of a fetal death certificate for an
unborn child following an abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 193.0035 to read as follows:
Sec. 193.0035. FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOLLOWING
ABORTION. A physician who performs or induces an abortion shall
file a fetal death certificate for the unborn child, regardless of
the gestational age of the unborn child at the time of the abortion.
SECTION 2. Section 674.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Fetal death certificate" means a death
certificate filed for any fetus [weighing 350 grams or more or, if
the weight is unknown, a fetus age 20 weeks or more as calculated
from the start date of the last normal menstrual period to the date
of delivery].
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an abortion that is performed or induced on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.