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| 1 | 1 | By: Springer S.B. No. 573 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to notice of the right to object to participation in an | |
| 7 | 7 | abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital or | |
| 8 | 8 | health care facility. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Occupations Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 103.005 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 103.005. REQUIRED NOTICE. A hospital or health care | |
| 13 | 13 | facility shall provide written notice to each physician, nurse, | |
| 14 | 14 | staff member, or employee of the hospital or facility that: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the individual has a right to object to directly or | |
| 16 | 16 | indirectly performing or participating in an abortion procedure; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the hospital or facility is prohibited from | |
| 18 | 18 | discriminating against the individual for refusing to perform or | |
| 19 | 19 | participate in an abortion procedure; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) the individual may be entitled to a remedy, | |
| 21 | 21 | including injunctive relief, affirmative relief, and any other | |
| 22 | 22 | necessary relief, under Section 103.003 for a violation of the | |
| 23 | 23 | individual's right to object. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |