89R13771 MPF-F
By: Troxclair H.B. No. 4593
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of an abortion-inducing drug.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.063, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b) A physician may not provide to a pregnant woman an
abortion-inducing drug unless the physician is physically present
in this state and examines the woman in person at the time the
physician provides the drug to the woman.
SECTION 2. Section 151.056, Occupations Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), this [This]
section does not apply to the act of:
(1) a medical specialist located in another
jurisdiction who provides only episodic consultation services on
request to a physician licensed in this state who practices in the
same medical specialty;
(2) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is
providing consultation services to a medical school as defined by
Section 61.501, Education Code;
(3) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is
providing consultation services to an institution subject to:
(A) Subchapter C, Chapter 73, Education Code; or
(B) Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code; or
(4) a physician located in another jurisdiction of a
state having borders contiguous with the borders of this state who
is the treating physician of a patient and orders home health or
hospice services for a resident of this state to be delivered by a
home and community support services agency licensed in this state.
(b-1) This section applies to a consultation service
described by Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3) if the service is the
provision of an abortion-inducing drug, as defined by Section
171.061, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.