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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to electronic reporting requirements for an abortion |
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facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 245.011, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Each abortion facility must submit a monthly [an annual] |
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report to the department on each abortion that is performed at the |
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abortion facility. The report must be submitted to [on a form
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provided by] the department in the form and manner prescribed by the |
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department. |
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(f) The department shall establish and maintain a secure |
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electronic reporting system for the submission of each report |
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required by this section. The department shall adopt procedures to |
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enforce this section. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 245.0115 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 245.0115. DEPARTMENT REPORT. (a) The department |
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shall publish on its Internet website a monthly report containing |
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aggregate data of the information in the reports submitted under |
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Section 245.011. |
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(b) The department's monthly report may not identify by any |
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means an abortion facility, a physician performing the abortion, or |
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a patient. |
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SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services shall |
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establish a secure electronic reporting system under Section |
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245.011(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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than September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |