HB1493 - Relating to liability for the provision of certain medical treatment to a pregnant woman by a physician or health care provider.

  89R7022 MZM-F     By: Johnson H.B. No. 1493       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to liability for the provision of certain medical   treatment to a pregnant woman by a physician or health care   provider.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as the Life of the Mother   Act.          SECTION 2.  Section 74.552(a), Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  It is an affirmative defense to liability in a civil   action brought against a physician or health care provider for a   violation of Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, including an   action to recover a civil penalty under Section 170A.005, Health   and Safety Code, that the physician or health care provider   exercised reasonable medical judgment in providing medical   treatment to a pregnant woman in response to:                (1)  an ectopic pregnancy at any location; [ or ]                (2)  a previable premature rupture of membranes ; or                 (3)     any other pregnancy complication that has been   diagnosed by a physician and that has a substantial likelihood of   causing serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal   Code .          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.