87R2962 SRA-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 780
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 53. BONE MARROW DONOR RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 53.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The commission
shall establish a bone marrow donor recruitment program to educate
residents of this state about:
(1) the need for bone marrow donors, including the
particular need for donors from minority populations;
(2) the requirements for registering with a national
bone marrow donor registry as a potential bone marrow donor,
including procedures for determining an individual's tissue type;
(3) the medical procedures an individual must undergo
to donate bone marrow or other sources of blood stem cells; and
(4) the availability of information about bone marrow
donation in health care facilities, blood banks, and driver's
license offices.
(b) The commission shall develop written or printable
informational materials on bone marrow donation and registration
with a national bone marrow donor registry that appropriate health
care facilities, blood banks, and driver's license offices may
place in their facilities, banks, or offices to provide to
residents of this state.
(c) The commission shall post the informational materials
on the commission's Internet website and may develop press, radio,
and television materials to spread awareness of the bone marrow
donor recruitment program.
Sec. 53.002. REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1, 2022,
the commission, in conjunction with the Department of Motor
Vehicles, shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of
the legislature a report regarding the bone marrow donor
recruitment program established under Section 53.001 that includes
an evaluation on the effectiveness of the recruitment program and
the number of individuals from this state who have registered with a
national bone marrow donor registry as a result of the program.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2023.
SECTION 2. Section 521.0063, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.0063. INFORMATION ON BONE MARROW DONATION. (a)
The department shall:
(1) [may] make available to each person applying for
an original or renewal driver's license written or printable
informational materials regarding bone marrow donation and
registration with a national bone marrow donor registry; and
(2) place signage in each [, in a publicly accessible
area of a] driver's license office notifying applicants of the
availability of the written or printable [,] informational
materials [and videos] on bone marrow donation and registration
with a national bone marrow donor registry [that are developed by an
appropriate entity, as determined by the department].
(b) The department shall use written or printable
informational materials developed by the Health and Human Services
Commission under Section 53.001, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall develop
the informational materials as required by Section 53.001, Health
and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.