88R7325 JG-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 1941
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase and use of and access to information on
contraceptives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter Y to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER Y. CONTRACEPTIVES
Sec. 161.751. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or other
method of preventing pregnancy that is approved by the United
States Food and Drug Administration.
(2) "Emergency contraceptive" means a drug containing
an elevated dose of hormones that:
(A) is used postcoitally;
(B) prevents pregnancy by preventing
fertilization of an egg or preventing implantation of a fertilized
egg in a uterus; and
(C) is approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration.
Sec. 161.752. PROHIBITED GOVERNMENTAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED
TO CONTRACEPTIVES. Notwithstanding any other law, a state or local
governmental entity may not prohibit or restrict in any manner the
right of an individual:
(1) to purchase or use a contraceptive, including an
emergency contraceptive; or
(2) to access information on contraceptives,
including emergency contraceptives.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.