By: Pena, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2061
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain information to the director of
the bureau of vital statistics.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.024(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) On the state registrar's demand, a person, including a
local registrar, physician, midwife, or funeral director, who has
information relating to a birth, death, or fetal death shall supply
the information to the state registrar in person, by mail, or
through the local registrar. The person shall supply the
information on a form provided by the department or on the original
certificate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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