Bill Text: TX HB144 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB144 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB144-Introduced.html
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By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 144 |
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relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion | ||
facility. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [ |
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report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the | ||
abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [ |
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department. | ||
(f) The department shall establish and maintain a secure | ||
electronic reporting system for the submission of each report | ||
required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to | ||
enforce this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 245.0115. DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department | ||
shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing | ||
aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under | ||
Section 245.011. | ||
(b) The department's monthly report may not identify by any | ||
means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or | ||
a patient. | ||
SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services shall | ||
establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section | ||
245.011(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later | ||
than September 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |