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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information for the parents or guardians of pediatric |
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cancer patients regarding risk of impaired fertility from |
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treatment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter X to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER X. INFORMATION REGARDING RISK OF IMPAIRED FERTILITY |
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FROM CANCER TREATMENTS |
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Sec. 161.681. NOTICE FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY OR |
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RADIATION. (a) A health care facility at which a child will begin |
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receiving chemotherapy or radiation that may directly or indirectly |
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cause impaired fertility must, before the treatment begins, notify |
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the child's parents or legal guardians of the risk of impaired |
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fertility from treatment. |
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(b) The department shall develop and make available a |
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written notice for a health care facility to use for purposes of |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a child who will begin chemotherapy or radiation on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |