TX HB2586

Establishes minimum standards for pregnancy resource centers, defined as organizations providing pregnancy counseling that do not perform abortions, make abortion referrals, provide comprehensive birth control services, or hold state/federal medical licensure

Requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to prescribe minimum standards that protect patient health and safety and mirror requirements for ambulatory surgical centers under Section 243.010

Mandates that at least one licensed obstetrician or gynecologist be present when pregnancy resource centers provide services to patients

Subjects pregnancy resource centers and health care practitioners who violate these standards to disciplinary action by their regulating state agency as if they violated applicable licensing law

Requires implementation rules to be adopted by January 1, 2026, with the act taking effect September 1, 2025