| 1 | 1 | | By: Pena, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2061 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Human Services; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the reporting of certain information to the director of |
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| 11 | 11 | | the bureau of vital statistics. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 191.024(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) On the state registrar's demand, a person, including a |
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| 16 | 16 | | local registrar, physician, midwife, or funeral director, who has |
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| 17 | 17 | | information relating to a birth, death, or fetal death shall supply |
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| 18 | 18 | | the information to the state registrar in person, by mail, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | through the local registrar. The person shall supply the |
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| 20 | 20 | | information on a form provided by the department or on the original |
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| 21 | 21 | | certificate. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 27 | 27 | | * * * * * |
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