89R5754 MCF-D     By: Rodríguez Ramos H.B. No. 2586       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to minimum standards for pregnancy resource centers.          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. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS          Sec. 174.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "pregnancy   resource center" means an organization, including a pregnancy   counseling organization, crisis pregnancy center, pregnancy care   center, and pregnancy support center, that for a fee or free of   charge provides pregnancy counseling or information but:                (1)  does not perform abortions or make referrals to an   abortion provider;                (2)  does not provide or make referrals for   comprehensive birth control services;                (3)  is not licensed or certified by this state or the   federal government to provide medical or health care services; and                (4)  is not required to contract with a physician to   provide or directly supervise all health care services provided by   the organization.          Sec. 174.002.  MINIMUM STANDARDS. (a)  The executive   commissioner by rule shall prescribe minimum standards for   pregnancy resource centers.          (b)  The minimum standards must:                (1)  protect the health and safety of a patient of a   pregnancy resource center;                (2)  contain provisions equivalent to the requirements   of Subchapter B, Chapter 171, but applicable to the provision of   pregnancy services; and                (3)  contain provisions equivalent to the minimum   standards for ambulatory surgical centers adopted under Section   243.010.          (c)  Pregnancy resource centers must have present when   providing services to a patient at least one licensed obstetrician   or gynecologist.          (d)  This section does not authorize the executive   commissioner to:                (1)  establish the qualifications of a licensed health   care practitioner; or                (2)  allow a person to provide medical or health care   services who is not authorized to provide those services under   other laws of this state.          (e)  A pregnancy resource center or health care practitioner   that violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the   state agency that regulates the center or practitioner as if the   center or practitioner had violated the applicable licensing law.          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2026, the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall   adopt rules necessary to implement Chapter 174, Health and Safety   Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.