82R8671 YDB-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1818
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consent for inclusion in the statewide Internet-based
registry of organ, tissue, and eye donors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.401, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) Donor registry information shall be provided to the
department and the Texas Department of Transportation by organ
procurement organizations, tissue banks, or eye banks, as those
terms are defined in Section 692A.002, Health and Safety Code, or by
the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under
Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code. The department, with expert
input and support from the Texas Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donor
Council, shall:
(1) provide to each applicant for the issuance of an
original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or
personal identification certificate who applies in person, by mail,
over the Internet, or by other electronic means:
(A) the opportunity to indicate on the person's
driver's license or personal identification certificate that the
person is willing to make an anatomical gift, in the event of death,
in accordance with Section 692A.005, Health and Safety Code; and
(B) an opportunity for the person to consent [in
writing] to [the department's provision of the person's name, date
of birth, driver's license number, most recent address, and other
information needed for identification purposes at the time of
donation to the organization selected by the commissioner of state
health services under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code,
for] inclusion in the statewide Internet-based registry of organ,
tissue, and eye donors and [for] release to procurement
organizations in the manner provided by Subsection (c-1) [by
specifically asking each applicant only the question, "Would you
like to register as an organ donor?"]; and
(2) provide a means to distribute donor registry
information to interested individuals in each office authorized to
issue driver's licenses or personal identification certificates.
(c-1) The department shall:
(1) specifically ask each applicant only the question,
"Would you like to register as an organ donor?"; and
(2) if the applicant responds affirmatively to the
question asked under Subdivision (1), provide the person's name,
date of birth, driver's license number, most recent address, and
other information needed for identification purposes at the time of
donation to the organization selected by the commissioner of state
health services under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code, for
inclusion in the registry.
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2011, the Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall implement Section
521.401, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.