Tex. Gov't Code § 2273.002 · Chapter 2273. PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code;
(2) the office of a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, that performs 50 or fewer abortions in any 12-month period;
(3) a state hospital as defined by Section 552.0011, Health and Safety Code;
(4) a teaching hospital of a public or private institution of higher education; or
(5) an accredited residency program providing training to resident physicians.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a facility is not considered to be an abortion provider solely based on the performance of an abortion at the facility during a medical emergency as defined by Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 501 (S.B. 22), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(52), eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2273.htm
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