By: Nichols S.B. No. 1205
(Holland)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sharing of death record information between the
Department of State Health Services and the Department of Public
Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 191.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 191.009. DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY. (a) The department shall implement an efficient and
effective method to verify death information to assist the
Department of Public Safety with maintaining records of holders of
driver's licenses and personal identification certificates in this
state.
(b) The department shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the Department of Public Safety to implement
this section. The memorandum of understanding must include a
mechanism for the department to provide to the Department of Public
Safety death information that includes unique identifiers,
including social security numbers, necessary to accurately match
death records with driver's license and personal identification
certificate records.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.