By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 635
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of fetal remains.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 241.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 241.010. DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS. (a) A hospital
shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal
death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner
appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of
a human body.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an
unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a
hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the
unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and
consistent with hospital policy.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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