Troxclair’s bill requiring in-person exams for abortion-inducing drugs

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89R13771 MPF-F

By: Troxclair
H.B. No. 4593

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of an abortion-inducing drug.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 171.063, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A physician may not provide to a pregnant woman an

abortion-inducing drug unless the physician is physically present

in this state and examines the woman in person at the time the

physician provides the drug to the woman.

SECTION 2. Section 151.056, Occupations Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as

follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), this [ This ]

section does not apply to the act of:

(1) a medical specialist located in another

jurisdiction who provides only episodic consultation services on

request to a physician licensed in this state who practices in the

same medical specialty;

(2) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is

providing consultation services to a medical school as defined by

Section 61.501, Education Code;

(3) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is

providing consultation services to an institution subject to:

(A) Subchapter C, Chapter 73, Education Code; or

(B) Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code; or

(4) a physician located in another jurisdiction of a

state having borders contiguous with the borders of this state who

is the treating physician of a patient and orders home health or

hospice services for a resident of this state to be delivered by a

home and community support services agency licensed in this state.

(b-1) This section applies to a consultation service

described by Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3) if the service is the

provision of an abortion-inducing drug, as defined by Section

171.061, Health and Safety Code.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.