Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R15939 MPF-D
2	2	By: Cook, Alvarado S.B. No. 2727
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters,
10	10	including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and
11	11	the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Chapter 142A, Health and Safety Code, is amended
14	14	by adding Section 142A.0003 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 142A.0003. RULES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DELIVERY OF
16	16	CARE TO CERTAIN INFANTS. The executive commissioner by rule shall
17	17	prescribe minimum standards for the scope and delivery of
18	18	supportive palliative care to an infant born with a lethal fetal
19	19	anomaly or diagnosis.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, is
21	21	amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
22	22	(b-1) It is an exception to the application of Subsection
23	23	(a) that the pregnant female's treating physician and one other
24	24	physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology determine the
25	25	abortion is necessary due to a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis.
26	26	SECTION 3. Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code, is amended
27	27	by adding Section 170A.0025 to read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 170A.0025. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ETHICS COMMITTEE REVIEW
29	29	OF CERTAIN ABORTIONS. (a) A multidisciplinary ethics committee
30	30	composed of members appointed in accordance with rules the Texas
31	31	Medical Board adopts shall review a physician's determination that
32	32	an abortion is necessary under Section 170A.002(b-1) for each fetus
33	33	older than 24 weeks of age.
34	34	(b) The treating physician and other physician who made the
35	35	determination described by Subsection (a) may not be a member of the
36	36	multidisciplinary ethics committee that reviews the determination.
37	37	SECTION 4. The heading to Section 171.205, Health and
38	38	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
39	39	Sec. 171.205. EXCEPTIONS [EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL
40	40	EMERGENCY]; RECORDS; REVIEW.
41	41	SECTION 5. Section 171.205, Health and Safety Code, is
42	42	amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
43	43	(a-1) Sections 171.203 and 171.204 do not apply to an
44	44	abortion performed or induced by a physician in accordance with an
45	45	exception provided by Section 170A.002.
46	46	SECTION 6. Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is
47	47	amended to read as follows:
48	48	(b) This subchapter may not be construed to:
49	49	(1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action
50	50	against or the prosecution of a woman on whom an abortion is
51	51	performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in
52	52	violation of this subchapter;
53	53	(2) wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by
54	54	implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits
55	55	abortion[, including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; or
56	56	(3) restrict a political subdivision from regulating
57	57	or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as
58	58	the laws of this state.
59	59	SECTION 7. Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is
60	60	amended to read as follows:
61	61	(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to:
62	62	(1) legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter
63	63	[or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes];
64	64	(2) limit in any way or affect the availability of a
65	65	remedy established by Section 171.208; or
66	66	(3) limit the enforceability of any other laws that
67	67	regulate or prohibit abortion.
68	68	SECTION 8. Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is
69	69	repealed.
70	70	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.