| 1 | 1 | | 88R8412 CJD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Moody, Toth, Cook H.B. No. 2326 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased |
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| 8 | 8 | | person during an inquest. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (j) A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified |
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| 13 | 13 | | technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or |
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| 14 | 14 | | licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body |
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| 15 | 15 | | of a person: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident |
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| 17 | 17 | | if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the |
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| 18 | 18 | | person may have been driving while intoxicated; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) to aid in the confirmation or determination of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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