By: Curry H.B. No. 1084
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of in vitro fertilization procedures;
authorizing an administrative penalty.
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. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
Sec. 174.001. REGULATION OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
PROCEDURES. Notwithstanding any other law, a physician or other
health care practitioner:
(1) may perform in vitro fertilization procedures only
on an individual who intends to carry to term each embryo implanted
during the procedures; and
(2) may not terminate any unborn child in a multifetal
pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization procedures.
Sec. 174.002. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The appropriate
licensing authority may impose an administrative penalty against a
physician or other health care practitioner who violates this
chapter in the same manner and using the same procedures as the
authority uses to impose an administrative penalty against a
physician or practitioner who violates the authority's licensing or
other regulatory laws or rules.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.