HB1219 - Relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative penalty.

  89R2360 JG-D     By: Plesa H.B. No. 1219       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prioritization of a pregnant individual's health when   providing health care treatments; authorizing an administrative   penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Section 170A.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   170A.008.     PRIORITIZATION OF PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL'S   HEALTH. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician or health   care practitioner shall prioritize the health of a pregnant   individual over the health of the fetus the individual is carrying   when recommending a health care treatment for the individual,   regardless of whether the treatment poses a risk of injury or death   to the fetus.           (b)     A pregnant individual retains the right to agree to or   refuse a health care treatment regardless of the physician's or   health care practitioner's recommendation under Subsection (a),   and the physician or practitioner may provide the treatment only   after obtaining the individual's informed consent.           (c)     The appropriate licensing authority may impose an   administrative penalty against a physician or health care   practitioner who violates this section 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 immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.