Texas Abortion Complication Reporting Requirements (SB 1602)

This law was last updated on Mar 15, 2018

State

Texas

Number

SB 1602

Status

Failed to Pass

Proposed

Mar 9, 2017

Topics

Physicians Reporting Requirements, Reporting Requirements

Full Bill Text

www.legis.state.tx.us

SB 1602 would require health facilities to submit quarterly reports on each abortion complication diagnosed or treated at the facility.

Such reports must identify the name and type of facility submitting the report and must include, if known, for each abortion complication:

the date of the abortion that caused or may have caused the complication;
the type of abortion that caused or may have caused the complication;
the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus when the abortion was performed;
the name and type of the facility in which the abortion was performed;
the date the complication was diagnosed or treated;
the name and type of any facility other than the reporting facility in which the complication was diagnosed or treated;
a description of the complication;
the number of previous live births of the patient; and
the number of previous induced abortions of the patient.

Such reports would be confidential and not open to public record.

A facility that violates this law would be subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation. The third separate violation of this section would constitute a cause for the revocation or suspension of a facility’s license, permit, registration, certificate, or other authority or for other disciplinary action.

Related Legislation

Companion bill to HB 2962.

Similar to SB 872.

STATUS

Passed the senate on May 2, 2017, by a 23-8 vote.