Bill Text: TX SB2454 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to abortions; authorizing a good faith requirement for medical emergencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2454 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2454-Introduced.html
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 2454 | |
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| relating to abortions; authorizing a good faith requirement for | ||
| medical emergencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 171.205, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 171.205. EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY; RECORDS. | ||
| (a) Sections 171.203 and 171.204 do not apply if a physician, in | ||
| good faith, believes a medical emergency exits that prevents | ||
| compliance with this subchapter. | ||
| (b) A physician who performs or induces an abortion under | ||
| circumstances described by subsection (a) shall make written | ||
| notations in the pregnant woman's medical record of: | ||
| (1) the physician's good faith belief that a medical | ||
| emergency necessitated the abortion; and | ||
| (2) the medical condition of the pregnant woman that | ||
| prevented compliance with this subchapter. | ||
| (c) A physician performing or inducing an abortion under | ||
| this section shall maintain in the physician's practice records a | ||
| copy of the notations made under Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an abortion performed or induced on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
