H.B. No. 780
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 department
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 the
federally authorized bone marrow donor registry established and
maintained as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k 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 department, in consultation with the federally
authorized bone marrow donor registry established and maintained as
required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k and the registry's interested
contracted network partners, shall develop written and electronic
informational materials, including links to Internet websites and
machine-readable codes, regarding:
(1) bone marrow donation; and
(2) the process of registering with the federally
authorized bone marrow donor registry.
(c) The federally authorized bone marrow donor registry, in
collaboration with the registry's interested contracted network
partners, may develop and provide the informational materials
described by Subsection (b) to the department.
(d) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall
post the information described by Subsection (b) on each agency's
respective Internet websites.
(e) Appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and
driver's license offices may access the informational materials
described by Subsection (b) on the Internet websites of the
department and the Department of Public Safety and print the
materials to place in their facilities, banks, or offices to
provide to residents of this state.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall
establish the program and obtain the informational materials as
required by Section 53.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 780 was passed by the House on April
9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 780 was passed by the Senate on April
29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor