By: RodrÃguez Ramos H.B. No. 3410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters and to
the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 311.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 311.037. CONSTRUCTION OF ABORTION STATUTES. (a) A
statute regulating or prohibiting abortion may not be construed to:
(1) prohibit a person from providing direct or
indirect assistance to an individual for traveling to any location
to obtain an abortion; or
(2) authorize the imposition or incurrence of
criminal, civil, or administrative penalties or liability on a
pregnant individual on whom an abortion is performed, induced, or
attempted.
(b) A statute regulating or prohibiting abortion:
(1) applies only to a fertilized egg or embryo
implanted in a uterus at any point; and
(2) does not apply to the death of an unborn child
resulting from an involuntary miscarriage following in vitro
fertilization or similar assisted reproductive technology
treatments and procedures.
SECTION 2. Section 171.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 171.005. COMMISSION TO ENFORCE[; EXCEPTION]. The
commission shall enforce this chapter [except for Subchapter H,
which shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil
enforcement actions described by Section 171.208 and may not be
enforced by the commission].
SECTION 3. Section 171.063(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Before the physician provides an abortion-inducing
drug, the physician must:
(1) examine the pregnant woman in person;
(2) independently verify that a pregnancy exists;
(3) document, in the woman's medical record, the
gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy to
determine whether an ectopic pregnancy exists;
(4) determine the pregnant woman's blood type, and for
a woman who is Rh negative, offer to administer Rh immunoglobulin
(RhoGAM) at the time the abortion-inducing drug is administered or
used or the abortion is performed or induced to prevent Rh
incompatibility, complications, or miscarriage in future
pregnancies;
(5) document whether the pregnant woman received
treatment for Rh negativity, as diagnosed by the most accurate
standard of medical care; and
(6) ensure the physician does not provide an
abortion-inducing drug for a pregnant woman whose pregnancy is more
than 70 [49] days of gestational age.
SECTION 4. Section 245.010(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The rules must contain minimum standards to protect the
health and safety of a patient of an abortion facility [and must
contain provisions requiring compliance with the requirements of
Subchapter B, Chapter 171]. [On and after September 1, 2014, the
minimum standards for an abortion facility must be equivalent to
the minimum standards adopted under Section 243.010 for ambulatory
surgical centers.]
SECTION 5. Section 245.011(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The report must include:
(1) whether the abortion facility at which the
abortion is performed is licensed under this chapter;
(2) the patient's year of birth, race, marital status,
and state and county of residence;
(3) the type of abortion procedure;
(4) the date the abortion was performed;
(5) whether the patient survived the abortion, and if
the patient did not survive, the cause of death;
(6) the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn
child based on the best medical judgment of the attending physician
at the time of the procedure;
(7) the date, if known, of the patient's last menstrual
cycle;
(8) the number of previous live births of the patient;
and
(9) the number of previous induced abortions of the
patient[;
[(10) whether the abortion was performed or induced
because of a medical emergency and any medical condition of the
pregnant woman that required the abortion; and
[(11) the information required under Sections
171.008(a) and (c)].
SECTION 6. Title 14, Local Government Code, is amended by
adding Subtitle C to read as follows:
SUBTITLE C. TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE
TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 651. TRAVEL PROHIBITIONS
Sec. 651.001. TRAVEL PROHIBITIONS. A municipality or
county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, or other
measure that prohibits the travel of a person through the
municipality or county for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.
SECTION 7. Section 164.052(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A physician or an applicant for a license to practice
medicine commits a prohibited practice if that person:
(1) submits to the board a false or misleading
statement, document, or certificate in an application for a
license;
(2) presents to the board a license, certificate, or
diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained;
(3) commits fraud or deception in taking or passing an
examination;
(4) uses alcohol or drugs in an intemperate manner
that, in the board's opinion, could endanger a patient's life;
(5) commits unprofessional or dishonorable conduct
that is likely to deceive or defraud the public, as provided by
Section 164.053, or injure the public;
(6) uses an advertising statement that is false,
misleading, or deceptive;
(7) advertises professional superiority or the
performance of professional service in a superior manner if that
advertising is not readily subject to verification;
(8) purchases, sells, barters, or uses, or offers to
purchase, sell, barter, or use, a medical degree, license,
certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a license, certificate,
or diploma in or incident to an application to the board for a
license to practice medicine;
(9) alters, with fraudulent intent, a medical license,
certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a medical license,
certificate, or diploma;
(10) uses a medical license, certificate, or diploma,
or a transcript of a medical license, certificate, or diploma that
has been:
(A) fraudulently purchased or issued;
(B) counterfeited; or
(C) materially altered;
(11) impersonates or acts as proxy for another person
in an examination required by this subtitle for a medical license;
(12) engages in conduct that subverts or attempts to
subvert an examination process required by this subtitle for a
medical license;
(13) impersonates a physician or permits another to
use the person's license or certificate to practice medicine in
this state;
(14) directly or indirectly employs a person whose
license to practice medicine has been suspended, canceled, or
revoked;
(15) associates in the practice of medicine with a
person:
(A) whose license to practice medicine has been
suspended, canceled, or revoked; or
(B) who has been convicted of the unlawful
practice of medicine in this state or elsewhere;
(16) performs or procures a criminal abortion, aids or
abets in the procuring of a criminal abortion, attempts to perform
or procure a criminal abortion, or attempts to aid or abet the
performance or procurement of a criminal abortion;
(17) directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice
of medicine by a person, partnership, association, or corporation
that is not licensed to practice medicine by the board;
(18) performs an abortion on a woman who is pregnant
with a viable unborn child during the third trimester of the
pregnancy unless:
(A) the abortion is necessary to prevent the
death of the woman;
(B) the viable unborn child has a severe,
irreversible brain impairment; or
(C) the woman is diagnosed with a significant
likelihood of suffering imminent severe, irreversible brain damage
or imminent severe, irreversible paralysis;
(19) performs an abortion on an unemancipated minor
without the written consent of the child's parent, managing
conservator, or legal guardian or without a court order, as
provided by Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code, unless the
abortion is necessary due to a medical emergency, as defined by
Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code;
(20) otherwise performs an abortion on an
unemancipated minor in violation of Chapter 33, Family Code;
(21) performs or induces or attempts to perform or
induce an abortion in violation of Subchapter [C,] F[,] or G,
Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code;
(22) in complying with the procedures outlined in
Sections 166.045 and 166.046, Health and Safety Code, wilfully
fails to make a reasonable effort to transfer a patient to a
physician who is willing to comply with a directive;
(23) performs or delegates to another individual the
performance of a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or
unconscious patient in violation of Section 167A.002, Health and
Safety Code; or
(24) performs a gender transitioning or gender
reassignment procedure or treatment in violation of Section
161.702, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 8. Section 164.055(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The sanctions provided by Subsection (a) are in addition
to any other grounds for refusal to admit persons to examination
under this subtitle or to issue a license or renew a license to
practice medicine under this subtitle. The criminal penalties
provided by Section 165.152 do not apply to a violation of Section
170.002, Health and Safety Code, or Subchapter [C,] F[,] or G,
Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 9. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Sections 30.022, 74.551, and 74.552, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code;
(2) Section 311.036, Government Code;
(3) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code;
(4) Section 171.0031, Health and Safety Code;
(5) Section 171.008, Health and Safety Code;
(6) Subchapter C, Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code;
(7) Subchapter H, Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code;
(8) Section 164.055(c), Occupations Code;
(9) Section 9.35, Penal Code; and
(10) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.
SECTION 10. Section 311.037(b), Government Code, as added
by this Act, is intended to clarify rather than change existing law.
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.