87R12237 MCF-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 4552
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to pregnancy resource center reporting requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 174 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 174. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS
Sec. 174.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "pregnancy
resource center" means an organization, including a pregnancy
counseling organization, crisis pregnancy center, pregnancy care
center, or pregnancy support center, that for a fee or free of
charge provides pregnancy counseling or information but:
(1) does not perform abortions or make referrals to an
abortion provider;
(2) does not provide or make referrals for
comprehensive birth control services;
(3) is not licensed or certified by this state or the
federal government to provide medical or health care services; and
(4) is not required to have a physician under contract
to provide or directly supervise all health care services provided
by the organization.
Sec. 174.002. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each pregnancy
resource center shall submit a monthly report to the commission
containing information on each patient receiving services provided
by the center. The report must be submitted on the form prescribed
by the commission and made available on the commission's Internet
website.
(b) The report must include:
(1) the licensing status of the center;
(2) each patient's year of birth, race, marital
status, and county and state of residence;
(3) the type of services provided;
(4) the date the services were provided;
(5) the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn
child based on the best judgment of the attending physician or other
health care practitioner at the time services were provided;
(6) the date, if known, of each patient's last
menstrual cycle;
(7) the number of previous live births of each
patient; and
(8) the number of previous induced abortions of each
patient, if applicable.
(c) Not later than the 15th day of each month, the pregnancy
resource center shall submit to the commission the report required
by this section for each person receiving services provided by the
center in the preceding calendar month.
(d) The commission shall provide the information submitted
under this section biannually in a report to the members of the
legislature.
(e) The commission shall remove the name, birth date, and
any other personal identifying information of a patient from a
report submitted under Subsection (d).
(f) A pregnancy resource center or health care practitioner
that violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the
state agency that regulates the center or practitioner as if the
center or practitioner had violated the applicable licensing law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.