Bill Text: TX HB25 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a public education program regarding unexpected pregnancy and a related study concerning legislation affecting abortion.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-05 - Filed [HB25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB25-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Taylor | H.B. No. 25 | |
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| relating to the development of a public education program regarding | ||
| unexpected pregnancy and a related study concerning legislation | ||
| affecting abortion. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.0732 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.0732. PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM REGARDING | ||
| UNEXPECTED PREGNANCIES. (a) The commission shall develop a public | ||
| education program regarding the impact and consequences for women | ||
| and men of unexpected pregnancies. | ||
| (b) The public education program developed under Subsection | ||
| (a) shall include strategies to encourage the biological fathers of | ||
| children of unexpected pregnancies to support the mothers of those | ||
| children in order to reduce the occurrence of abortions and the use | ||
| of abortion facilities in the state. | ||
| (c) The commission may consult any state agency, council, or | ||
| task force in the performance of its duties under this section. On | ||
| request of the commission, a state agency, council, or task force | ||
| shall assist the commission with the commission's duties under this | ||
| section. The commission may establish a task force, composed of | ||
| members appointed by the executive commissioner, to study the | ||
| impact and consequences of unexpected pregnancies, to provide | ||
| recommendations on the public education program, and to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the commission shall report its findings and recommendations | ||
| regarding the implementation of the public education program to the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| (e) The commission must implement this section using | ||
| existing resources, and may not accept any private donations or | ||
| contract with any health care provider, facility, or advocacy group | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.0733 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.0733. STUDY REGARDING EFFECT OF CERTAIN | ||
| LEGISLATION. (a) The commission shall conduct an ongoing study to | ||
| gather data regarding: | ||
| (1) the effects of H.B. 2, Acts of the 83rd | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2013, on licensed abortion | ||
| facilities, access to abortion services in the state, and the | ||
| number of abortions performed in the state; and | ||
| (2) the administrative penalties that are assessed as | ||
| a result of the legislation. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the commission shall report the results of the study, its findings, | ||
| and recommendations to the legislature. | ||
| (c) The commission must implement this section using | ||
| existing resources, and may not accept any private donations or | ||
| contract with any health care provider, facility, or advocacy group | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
