| 1 | 1 | | 89R2774 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 653 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the purchase and use of contraceptives and access to |
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| 10 | 10 | | contraceptive information. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SUBCHAPTER Z. CONTRACEPTIVES |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 161.801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or other |
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| 17 | 17 | | method of preventing pregnancy that is approved by the United |
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| 18 | 18 | | States Food and Drug Administration. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Emergency contraceptive" means a drug containing |
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| 20 | 20 | | an elevated dose of hormones that: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) is used postcoitally; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) prevents pregnancy by preventing |
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| 23 | 23 | | fertilization of an egg or preventing implantation of a fertilized |
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| 24 | 24 | | egg in a uterus; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C) is approved by the United States Food and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Drug Administration. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 161.802. PROHIBITED GOVERNMENTAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED |
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| 28 | 28 | | TO CONTRACEPTIVES. Notwithstanding any other law, a state or local |
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| 29 | 29 | | governmental entity may not prohibit or restrict in any manner the |
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| 30 | 30 | | right of an individual: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) to purchase or use a contraceptive, including an |
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| 32 | 32 | | emergency contraceptive; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) to access information on contraceptives, |
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| 34 | 34 | | including emergency contraceptives. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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