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Amend HB 2962 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill adding Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code, strike "Section 171.006" and substitute "Sections 171.006 and 171.007".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 171.006(c), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 52), between "shall" and "submit", insert "electronically".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 171.006(f)(10), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 34), following the underlined semicolon, strike "and".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 171.006(f)(11), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 36), between "patient" and the underlined period, insert the following:
; and
(12) the name of the physician who performed the abortion that resulted in the complication
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately after added Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code (page 3, between lines 3 and 4), insert the following:
Sec. 171.007. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON WOMEN YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE. For each abortion performed on a woman who is younger than 18 years of age, the physician who performed the abortion shall document in the woman's medical record and report to the department:
(1) one of the following methods for obtaining authorization for each abortion:
(A) the woman's parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian has provided the written consent required by Section 164.052(a)(19), Occupations Code;
(B) the woman has obtained judicial authorization under Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code;
(C) the woman has provided consent to the abortion if the woman has had the disabilities of minority removed and is authorized under law to have the abortion without the written consent required by Section 164.052(a)(19), Occupations Code, or without judicial authorization under Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code; or
(D) the physician has concluded and documented in writing in the woman's medical record that on the basis of the physician's good faith clinical judgment:
(i) a condition existed that complicated the medical condition of the woman and necessitated the immediate abortion of the woman's pregnancy to avert the woman's death or to avoid a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function; and
(ii) there was insufficient time to obtain the consent of the woman's parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian;
(2) if the woman's parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian provided written consent under Subdivision (1)(A), whether the consent was given:
(A) in person at the time of the abortion; or
(B) at a place other than the location where the abortion was performed; and
(3) if the woman obtained judicial authorization under Subdivision (1)(B):
(A) if applicable, the process the physician or physician's agent used to inform the woman of the availability of petitioning for judicial authorization as an alternative to the written consent required by Section 164.052(a)(19), Occupations Code;
(B) whether the court forms were provided to the woman by the physician or the physician's agent; and
(C) whether the physician or the physician's agent made arrangements for the woman's court appearance.
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 170.002(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A physician who performs an abortion that, according to the physician's best medical judgment at the time of the abortion, is to abort a viable unborn child during the third trimester of the pregnancy shall certify in writing to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, the medical indications supporting the physician's judgment that the abortion was authorized by Subsection (b)(2) or (3). If the physician certifies that the abortion was authorized by Subsection (b)(3), the physician shall certify in writing on the form the fetal abnormality identified by the physician. The certification must be made not later than the 30th day after the date the abortion was performed.
SECTION ____. Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 171.007, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an abortion performed on or after the effective date of this Act. An abortion performed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the abortion immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.