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1-By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 635
2- (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
3- May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4- and Human Services; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the
5- following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
6-Click here to see the committee vote
1+H.B. No. 635
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9- A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
104 AN ACT
115 relating to the disposition of fetal remains.
126 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
137 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
148 Code, is amended by adding Section 241.010 to read as follows:
159 Sec. 241.010. DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS. (a) A hospital
1610 shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal
1711 death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner
1812 appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of
1913 a human body.
2014 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an
2115 unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a
2216 hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the
2317 unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and
2418 consistent with hospital policy.
2519 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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20+ ______________________________ ______________________________
21+ President of the Senate Speaker of the House
22+ I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the House on May 8,
23+ 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
24+ voting.
25+ ______________________________
26+ Chief Clerk of the House
27+ I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the Senate on May
28+ 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
29+ ______________________________
30+ Secretary of the Senate
31+ APPROVED: _____________________
32+ Date
33+ _____________________
34+ Governor