By: Farrar
By:
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H.B. No. 4260
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT

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relating to the regulation of men's health and safety; creating

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a civil penalty for unregulated masturbatory emissions.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

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SECTION 1.

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Title 2, Health

and

Safety Code,

is amended by adding Chapter 173 to read as follows:

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Subtitle H,

Sec. 173.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be called the
Man's Right to Know Act.

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Sec. 173.002. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to

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express the state's interest in promoting men's health; ensure

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Texas

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Viagra utilizations, colonoscopies procedures, and men's health

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experiences; ensure a doctor's right to invoke their personal,

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moralistic,

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elective

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abstinent sexual relations or occasional masturbatory emissions

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inside health care and medical facilities, as a means of the

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healthiest way to ensure men's health.

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men

Sec.

experience

or

safe

religious

vasectomy

173.003.

or

and

healthy

beliefs

prescribe

INFORMATIONAL

in

elective

refusing

Viagra;

to

and

MATERIALS.

vasectomies,

perform

promote

The

an

fully-

Department

of

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State Health Services shall create and distribute informational

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materials containing information reflecting the requirements and

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legislative intent in this Chapter. The Department shall entitle

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the

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Department shall establish rules and procedures for the creation

information

materials

"A

Man's

Right

to

Know."

The

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As Received

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and

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follow the rules and procedures of the informational booklet

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entitled "A Woman's Right To Know." The booklet will contain

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scientific information

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research that is recognized as medically accurate, objective,

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and complete by the National Institutes of Health and affiliated

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organizations.

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related

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vasectomy, Viagra prescription, or a colonoscopy. The booklet

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distribution

to

of

The

the

the

informational

materials

that

exactly

that must be verified and supported by

booklet

benefits

must
and

contain

concerns

medical

of

a

information

man

seeking

a

must contain artistic illustrations of each procedure.

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Sec.

173.004.

PROHIBITED

CAUSES

OF

ACTION.

A

cause

of

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action may not arise, and damages may not be awarded, on behalf

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of any person based on the claim their doctor refused to perform

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a vasectomy procedure, prescribe Viagra, perform a colonoscopy,

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or

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personal, moralistic, or religious beliefs.

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not be construed to eliminate any duty of a physician or other

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health care practitioner under any other applicable law.

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withheld

Sec.

any

other

173.005.

VIEWING

attending

health

PRINTED

procedure

their

HEARING

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informational

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every male patient seeking a vasectomy, Viagra prescription, or

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colonoscopy.

entitled

"A

Man's

verbally

VERBAL

EXPLANATION.

booklet

must

to

This section may

MATERIALS;

physician

due

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An

men's

Right

Sec. 173.006. INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED.

To

review
Know"

the
with

A person may not

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perform an elective vasectomy, prescribe Viagra, or perform a

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colonoscopy procedure without the voluntary and informed consent

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of

the

man

on

whom

the

elective
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vasectomy

or

colonoscopy

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procedure is to be performed, or Viagra is to be prescribed.

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Sec. 173.007. VOLUNTARY AND INFORMED CONSENT. Consent to an

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elective vasectomy or colonoscopy procedure, or a prescription

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of Viagra is voluntary and informed only if at least 24 hours

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have passed since the initial health care consultation for the

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procedure or prescription.

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Sec.

173.008.

HOSPITAL

MASTURBATORY

ASSISTANCE

REGISTRY.

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The Department must establish and maintain a registry of private

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nonprofit

organizations

and

hospitals

that

register

with

the

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department to provide fully-abstinent encouragement counseling,

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supervising physicians for masturbatory emissions, and storage

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for

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contributing private nonprofits.

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the

Sec.

semen.

Costs

173.009.

will

SONOGRAM

be

absorbed

ELECTION.

An

by

the

hospital

attending

or

physician

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must administer a medically-unnecessary digital rectal exam and

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magnetic resonance imagining of the rectum before administering

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an elective vasectomy or colonoscopy procedure, or prescribing

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Viagra. This digital rectal exam and rectal sonogram must take

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place

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elective vasectomy is performed, a prescription is given for

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Viagra, or a colonoscopy is performed.

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during

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the

173.010.

initial

FINES

health

RELATED

care

TO

consultation

MASTURBATORY

before

an

EMISSIONS.

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Masturbatory emissions created in health or medical facilities

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will be stored for the purposes of conception for a current or

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future wife.

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(a)

Emissions

outside

of

a

woman's

vagina,

or

created

outside of a health or medical facility, will be charged a $100
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civil penalty for each emission, and will be considered an act

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against an unborn child, and failing to preserve the sanctity of

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life.

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(b)

Penalties

collected

under

this

section

will

be

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deposited in a fund established by the Department of Family and

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Protective Services for the purpose of the care and services

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provided to children in the conservatorship of the Department of

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Family Protective Services in order to assist in the assertion

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of the importance of the sanctity of life.

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SECTION 2. (a) By not later than December 1, 2017, the

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Department of State Health Services shall make the materials

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required in this Chapter available for distribution.

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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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