Bill Text: TX HB1967 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a database of information about women with uterine fibroids and to uterine fibroid education and research.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1967 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1967-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1967 |
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relating to a database of information about women with uterine | ||
fibroids and to uterine fibroid education and research. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 100A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 100A. UTERINE FIBROID EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | ||
Sec. 100A.001. UTERINE FIBROID DATABASE. (a) Using | ||
available data collected by the department under Chapter 108, the | ||
department's Center for Health Statistics shall establish and | ||
maintain an electronic database of information related to uterine | ||
fibroids to increase awareness about uterine fibroids and ensure | ||
women receive the information and health care necessary to prevent | ||
and treat the condition. The database must include the: | ||
(1) demographic attributes of women diagnosed with | ||
uterine fibroids; and | ||
(2) treatments for uterine fibroids used by health | ||
care providers. | ||
(b) Information regarding a woman who is diagnosed with or | ||
treated for uterine fibroids that is collected by the department | ||
and maintained in the database under Subsection (a): | ||
(1) may not include any personally identifying | ||
information of the woman; and | ||
(2) is confidential and may be used only by the | ||
department or other person on behalf of the department for uterine | ||
fibroid research. | ||
Sec. 100A.002. UTERINE FIBROID EDUCATION. The department, | ||
in consultation with the Texas Medical Association, shall identify | ||
and post on the department's Internet website existing resources | ||
and educational materials on uterine fibroids to increase public | ||
awareness of uterine fibroids, including information on and | ||
awareness of the: | ||
(1) women of a race or ethnicity that has a | ||
statistically elevated risk of developing uterine fibroids; and | ||
(2) range of available treatment options for uterine | ||
fibroids that include non-hysterectomy treatments and procedures. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the House on May | ||
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 32, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |