85R768 SCL-D
 
  By: Schaefer H.B. No. 144
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion
  facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [an annual]
  report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the
  abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [on a form
  provided by] the department in the form and manner prescribed by the
  department.
         (f)  The department shall establish and maintain a secure
  electronic reporting system for the submission of each report
  required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to
  enforce this section.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows:
         Sec. 245.0115.  DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department
  shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing
  aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under
  Section 245.011.
         (b)  The department's monthly report may not identify by any
  means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or
  a patient.
         SECTION 3.  The Department of State Health Services shall
  establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section
  245.011(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
  than September 1, 2018.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.