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
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| By: Paddie | H.B. No. 4240 | |
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| 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. | ||
