88R11526 SRA-D     By: Plesa H.B. No. 4804       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring social media platforms to include certain   warnings in connection with advertisements for medical procedures   or treatments conducted in a foreign country.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Laura Avila Act.          SECTION 2.  Subtitle A, Title 16, Business & Commerce Code,   is amended by adding Chapter 722 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 722.  CERTAIN ADVERTISEMENTS FOR MEDICAL TOURISM          Sec. 722.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "social media   platform" and "user" have the meanings assigned by Section 120.001.          Sec. 722.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter   applies only with respect to a user who resides in this state.          Sec. 722.003.  WARNING ON CERTAIN MEDICAL TOURISM   ADVERTISEMENTS REQUIRED. The operator of a social media platform   shall include a warning to users of its platform in connection with   any advertisement that promotes the purchase of a medical procedure   or treatment that would be conducted in a foreign country. The   warning must be conspicuous and contain the following language:   WARNING   THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE OR TREATMENT THAT IS   TO BE CONDUCTED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.  UNDERGOING A MEDICAL   PROCEDURE OR TREATMENT IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS DANGEROUS. HEALTH   CARE PROVIDERS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY ARE NOT REGULATED BY OR   CERTIFIED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES. AN   INDIVIDUAL WHO UNDERGOES A MEDICAL PROCEDURE OR TREATMENT IN A   FOREIGN COUNTRY MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY LOCATING A HEALTH CARE   PROVIDER IN THIS STATE OR IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS WILLING TO   TREAT THE INDIVIDUAL FOR HARM OR INJURY SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE   PROCEDURE OR TREATMENT.          Sec. 722.004.  DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of   Section 722.003 is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E,   Chapter 17, and is actionable under that subchapter.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.