By: Patterson, Button, Johnson of Dallas, H.B. No. 723
Turner of Dallas, Shaheen, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification
information on certain death certificates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Marilyn's Law.
SECTION 2. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 193.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 193.012. NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE
AMENDMENTS. For a death certificate that is not a pending death
certificate, a person who submits to the department a request for an
amendment to modify the medical certification information on the
certificate shall provide in the manner prescribed by the
department written notice of the modification to a decedent's next
of kin.
SECTION 3. Section 193.012, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a death certificate for which an
amendment to modify the medical certification information is
requested on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.