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      By: Curry H.B. No. 1084       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the regulation of in vitro fertilization procedures;   authorizing an administrative penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 174 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 174.   IN VITRO FERTILIZATION           Sec.   174.001.     REGULATION OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION   PROCEDURES. Notwithstanding any other law, a physician or other   health care practitioner:                 (1)     may perform in vitro fertilization procedures only   on an individual who intends to carry to term each embryo implanted   during the procedures; and                 (2)     may not terminate any unborn child in a multifetal   pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization procedures.           Sec.   174.002.     ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The appropriate   licensing authority may impose an administrative penalty against a   physician or other health care practitioner who violates this   chapter in the same manner and using the same procedures as the   authority uses to impose an administrative penalty against a   physician or practitioner who violates the authority's licensing or   other regulatory laws or rules.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.