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SB193Introduced in the Senate

Unregulated pregnancy clinics; unauthorized practice of medicine, etc.

Introduced

Introduced by Angelia Williams Graves, District 21

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Official description

Unregulated pregnancy clinics; unauthorized practice of medicine; unprofessional conduct of medical providers; civil penalty. Requires unregulated pregnancy clinics, as defined by the bill, to have a qualified medical provider who supervises and takes responsibility for the provision of all medical care at such facility. The bill provides that any such clinic is required to provide to a client, upon request, the name and contact information for the qualified medical provider who supervises medical care to such client. A clinic shall notify the Board of Health, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board, of the name and contact information for its qualified medical providers. Any person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty of up to $3,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for a second or subsequent violation. The bill provides that individuals licensed by the Board of Medicine or the Board of Nursing are subject to disciplinary action for making or knowing of certain willful representations of the care provided at such unregulated pregnancy clinics if such representations are not true.

Where it stands

Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)

January 22, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) · January 22, 2026

14

Yes

0

No

1

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15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102449D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  3. Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)

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