87R3601 SCL-D
By: Paxton, Johnson S.B. No. 864
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification
information on a death certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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. A person who submits to the department a request for a
death certificate 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 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.