By: Schaefer H.B. No. 2308
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  rel
  ating to facility reporting requirements for an abortion
  performed at an abortion facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C.  ABORTION FACILITY PHYSICIAN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
         Sec. 171.051.  PHYSICIAN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A
  physician who performs an abortion at an abortion facility licensed
  under Chapter 245 must complete and submit to the department a
  monthly report on each abortion performed by the physician at the
  facility.  The report must be submitted on a form provided by the
  department.
         (b)  The report may not identify by any means the patient
  undergoing the abortion.
         (c)  The report must include the information described by
  Section 245.011(c).
         (d)  Not later than the 15th day of each month, a physician
  shall submit by any means in which the receipt may be acknowledged
  by the department the physician report required by this section for
  each abortion performed by the physician at an abortion facility in
  the preceding calendar month.
         Sec. 171.052.  PENALTIES.  (a)  The commissioner of state
  health services may assess an administrative penalty against a
  physician who fails to submit the physician report required by
  Section 171.051 in the time specified under that section.  The
  amount of the penalty is $1,000 for the first 30-day period or
  portion of a 30-day period the report remains overdue, $2,500 for
  the second 30-day period, and $5,000 for each 30-day period
  thereafter.
         (b)  The commissioner of state health services shall bring an
  action against a physician who fails to file the report required by
  Section 171.051 on or before six months after the date the report
  was due to compel the physician to submit a complete report in the
  time ordered by the court or be subject to sanctions for civil
  contempt.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.