89R10348 MPF-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1159
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibited report or disclosure of certain health
information by physicians and other health care providers.
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 171A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 171A. PROHIBITED REPORT OR DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN HEALTH
INFORMATION
Sec. 171A.001. PROHIBITED REPORT OR DISCLOSURE BY
PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Notwithstanding any
other law, a physician or other health care provider who provides
health care services to a patient who experienced a miscarriage or
obtained an abortion or who the physician or provider suspects may
have experienced a miscarriage or obtained an abortion is
prohibited from reporting or disclosing that information to a peace
officer or law enforcement agency.
Sec. 171A.002. ENFORCEMENT. A physician's or other health
care provider's report or disclosure of information prohibited
under Section 171A.001 constitutes a violation of Chapter 181 and
the physician or provider is subject to enforcement actions under
Subchapter E of that chapter, including disciplinary action by the
appropriate licensing authority.
Sec. 171A.003. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
rules to implement this chapter.
SECTION 2. Chapter 171A, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to the report or disclosure of information
described by that chapter that occurs on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.