Bill Text: TX HB4240 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Public Health [HB4240 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4240-Introduced.html
  86R14402 SCL-F
 
  By: Paddie H.B. No. 4240
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of informational materials and certain
  other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 171.012, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The information required to be provided under
  Subsections (a)(1) and (2) may not be provided by audio or video
  recording and must be provided at least 24 hours before the abortion
  is to be performed:
               (1)  orally and in person in a private and confidential
  setting if the pregnant woman currently lives less than 100 miles
  from the nearest abortion provider that is a facility licensed
  under Chapter 245 or a facility that performs more than 50 abortions
  in any 12-month period; or
               (2)  orally by telephone on a private call or in person
  in a private and confidential setting if the pregnant woman
  certifies that the woman currently lives 100 miles or more from the
  nearest abortion provider that is a facility licensed under Chapter
  245 or a facility that performs more than 50 abortions in any
  12-month period.
         (f)  The physician who is to perform the abortion shall in
  person provide a copy of the informational materials described by
  Section 171.014:
               (1)  on the day of the consultation required under
  Subsection (a)(4) for a pregnant woman who lives less than 100 miles
  from the nearest abortion provider that is a facility licensed
  under Chapter 245 or a facility that performs more than 50 abortions
  in any 12-month period; or
               (2)  before any sedative or anesthesia is administered
  to the pregnant woman on the day of the abortion and at least two
  hours before the abortion if the woman lives 100 miles or more from
  the nearest abortion provider that is a facility licensed under
  Chapter 245 or a facility that performs more than 50 abortions in
  any 12-month period.
         SECTION 2.  Section 171.012, Health and Safety Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an abortion performed on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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