Bill Text: TX HB4960 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to information for the parents or guardians of pediatric cancer patients regarding risk of impaired fertility from treatment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB4960 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4960-Engrossed.html
| 88R25605 MPF-D | ||
| By: Patterson, Garcia | H.B. No. 4960 | |
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| relating to information for the parents or guardians of pediatric | ||
| cancer patients regarding risk of impaired fertility from | ||
| treatment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter X to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER X. INFORMATION REGARDING RISK OF IMPAIRED FERTILITY | ||
| FROM CANCER TREATMENTS | ||
| Sec. 161.681. NOTICE FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY OR | ||
| RADIATION. (a) A health care facility at which a child will begin | ||
| receiving chemotherapy or radiation that may directly or indirectly | ||
| cause impaired fertility must, before the treatment begins, notify | ||
| the child's parents or legal guardians of the risk of impaired | ||
| fertility from treatment. | ||
| (b) The department shall develop and make available a | ||
| written notice for a health care facility to use for purposes of | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a child who will begin chemotherapy or radiation on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
