89R10348 MPF-D     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1159       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibited report or disclosure of certain health   information by physicians and other health care providers.          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 171A to read as follows:   CHAPTER 171A. PROHIBITED REPORT OR DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN HEALTH   INFORMATION          Sec. 171A.001.  PROHIBITED REPORT OR DISCLOSURE BY   PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Notwithstanding any   other law, a physician or other health care provider who provides   health care services to a patient who experienced a miscarriage or   obtained an abortion or who the physician or provider suspects may   have experienced a miscarriage or obtained an abortion is   prohibited from reporting or disclosing that information to a peace   officer or law enforcement agency.          Sec. 171A.002.  ENFORCEMENT. A physician's or other health   care provider's report or disclosure of information prohibited   under Section 171A.001 constitutes a violation of Chapter 181 and   the physician or provider is subject to enforcement actions under   Subchapter E of that chapter, including disciplinary action by the   appropriate licensing authority.          Sec. 171A.003.  RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt   rules to implement this chapter.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 171A, Health and Safety Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to the report or disclosure of information   described by that chapter that occurs on or after the effective date   of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.