| 1 | 1 | | By: Nelson S.B. No. 187 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Zerwas) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to human body and anatomical specimen donation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 691, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 691.0225 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 691.0225. INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENT. The board shall |
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| 12 | 12 | | develop a document to inform a person making a gift of a decedent's |
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| 13 | 13 | | body or anatomical specimen for purposes of education or research |
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| 14 | 14 | | of the risks and benefits associated with donation. The board shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | make the document available on the board's Internet website. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 691.031, Health and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) The board shall adopt rules to ensure that: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) each body or anatomical specimen received or |
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| 20 | 20 | | distributed by the board is properly transported; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a label with the statement "CONTENTS DERIVED FROM |
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| 22 | 22 | | DONATED HUMAN TISSUE" is affixed to the container in which the body |
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| 23 | 23 | | or anatomical specimen is transported; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) each person who has control or possession of a body |
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| 25 | 25 | | or anatomical specimen: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) satisfactorily completes the information |
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| 27 | 27 | | required on a chain-of-custody form prescribed by the board; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) maintains a copy of the form for the person's |
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| 29 | 29 | | records; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (C) transfers the form to any other person to |
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| 31 | 31 | | whom control or possession of the body or anatomical specimen is |
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| 32 | 32 | | transferred. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Anatomical |
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| 34 | 34 | | Board of the State of Texas shall: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) adopt the rules and form required under Subsection |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a), Section 691.031, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) develop the informational document required under |
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| 39 | 39 | | Section 691.0225, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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