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| 1 | 1 | 87R10394 JG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cason H.B. No. 2976 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the required filing of a fetal death certificate for an | |
| 8 | 8 | unborn child following an abortion. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 193.0035 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 193.0035. FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOLLOWING | |
| 13 | 13 | ABORTION. A physician who performs or induces an abortion shall | |
| 14 | 14 | file a fetal death certificate for the unborn child, regardless of | |
| 15 | 15 | the gestational age of the unborn child at the time of the abortion. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. Section 674.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 17 | 17 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) "Fetal death certificate" means a death | |
| 19 | 19 | certificate filed for any fetus [weighing 350 grams or more or, if | |
| 20 | 20 | the weight is unknown, a fetus age 20 weeks or more as calculated | |
| 21 | 21 | from the start date of the last normal menstrual period to the date | |
| 22 | 22 | of delivery]. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 24 | 24 | an abortion that is performed or induced on or after the effective | |
| 25 | 25 | date of this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |