Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 171.014
Informational Materials

(a)

The department shall publish informational materials that include:

(1)

the information required to be provided under Sections 171.012 (Voluntary and Informed Consent)(a)(1)(B) and (D) and (a)(2)(A), (B), and (C); and

(2)

the materials required by Sections 171.015 (Information Relating to Public and Private Agencies) and 171.016 (Information Relating to Characteristics of Unborn Child).

(b)

The materials shall be published in:

(1)

English and Spanish;

(2)

an easily comprehensible form; and

(3)

a typeface large enough to be clearly legible.

(c)

The materials shall be available at no cost from the department on request. The department shall provide appropriate quantities of the materials to any person.

(d)

The department shall annually review the materials to determine if changes to the contents of the materials are necessary. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for considering and making changes to the materials.

(e)

The department shall develop and maintain an Internet website to display the information required to be published under this section. In developing and maintaining the website the department shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, safeguard the website against alterations by anyone other than the department and shall monitor the website each day to prevent and correct tampering. The department shall ensure that the website does not collect or maintain information regarding access to the website.

(f)

In addition to any other organization or entity, the department shall use the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as the resource in developing information required to be provided under Sections 171.012 (Voluntary and Informed Consent)(a)(1)(B) and (D), Sections 171.012 (Voluntary and Informed Consent)(a)(2)(A), (B), and (C), and Section 171.016 (Information Relating to Characteristics of Unborn Child), and in maintaining the department’s Internet website.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 999, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0520, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 171.014 — Informational Materials, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­171.­htm#171.­014 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

171.001
Short Title 171.002
Definitions 171.003
Physician to Perform 171.005
Commission to Enforce 171.006
Abortion Complication Reporting Requirements 171.008
Required Documentation 171.011
Informed Consent Required 171.012
Voluntary and Informed Consent 171.013
Distribution of State Materials 171.014
Informational Materials 171.015
Information Relating to Public and Private Agencies 171.016
Information Relating to Characteristics of Unborn Child 171.017
Periods Run Concurrently 171.018
Offense 171.0031
Requirements of Physician 171.041
Short Title 171.042
Definitions 171.043
Determination of Post-fertilization Age Required 171.045
Method of Abortion 171.046
Exceptions 171.047
Protection of Privacy in Court Proceedings 171.048
Construction of Subchapter 171.061
Definitions 171.062
Enforcement by Texas Medical Board 171.063
Provision of Abortion-inducing Drug 171.064
Administrative Penalty 171.065
Criminal Offense 171.066
Enforcement of Subchapter 171.081
Applicability 171.082
Education and Training Programs on Trafficking of Persons 171.101
Definitions 171.102
Partial-birth Abortions Prohibited 171.103
Criminal Penalty 171.104
Civil Liability 171.105
Hearing 171.106
Applicability 171.0121
Medical Record 171.0122
Viewing Printed Materials and Sonogram Image 171.0123
Paternity and Child Support Information 171.0124
Exception for Medical Emergency 171.151
Definition 171.152
Dismemberment Abortions Prohibited 171.153
Criminal Penalty 171.154
Construction of Subchapter 171.201
Definitions 171.202
Legislative Findings 171.203
Determination of Presence of Fetal Heartbeat Required 171.204
Prohibited Abortion of Unborn Child with Detectable Fetal Heartbeat 171.205
Exception for Medical Emergency 171.206
Construction of Subchapter 171.207
Limitations on Public Enforcement 171.208
Civil Liability for Violation or Aiding or Abetting Violation 171.209
Civil Liability: Undue Burden Defense Limitations 171.210
Civil Liability: Venue 171.211
Sovereign, Governmental, and Official Immunity Preserved 171.212
Severability 171.0631
Voluntary and Informed Consent Required 171.0632
Reporting Requirements
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Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

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