By: Campbell, Paxton S.B. No. 2625
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 amending Subsections (a) to read as follows:
(a) A person may not knowingly provide an abortion-inducing
drug to a pregnant woman for the purpose of inducing an abortion in
the pregnant woman or enabling another person to induce an abortion
in the pregnant woman unless:
(1) the person who provides the
abortion-inducing drug is a physician; [and]
(2) the person is physically present in this
state and personally examines the pregnant woman in person at the
time the person provides the abortion-inducing medication to the
pregnant woman; and
(3) the provision of the abortion-inducing drug
satisfies the protocol authorized by this subchapter.
(e) A physician who provides the abortion-inducing drug, or
the physician's agent, must schedule an in person follow-up visit
for the woman to occur not later than the 14th day after the
earliest date on which the abortion-inducing drug is administered
or used or the abortion is performed or induced. At the follow-up
visit, the physician must:
(1) confirm that the woman's pregnancy is completely
terminated; and
(2) assess any continued blood loss.
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 any consultation service
described in Subsection (b) if the service relates to 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.