TITLE: Relating to the regulation of in vitro fertilization procedures; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SUMMARY: Relating to the regulation of in vitro fertilization procedures; authorizing an administrative penalty.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the regulation of in vitro fertilization procedures; authorizing an administrative penalty. 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. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Sec. 174.001. REGULATION OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROCEDURES. Notwithstanding any other law, a physician or other health care practitioner: (1) may perform in vitro fertilization procedures only on an individual who intends to carry to term each embryo implanted during the procedures; and (2) may not terminate any unborn child in a multifetal pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization procedures. Sec. 174.002. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The appropriate licensing authority may impose an administrative penalty against a physician or other health care practitioner who violates this chapter in the same manner and using the same procedures as the authority uses to impose an administrative penalty against a physician or practitioner who violates the authority's licensing or other regulatory laws or rules. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.