88R9275 JCG-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2342
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on certain civil actions brought against
persons licensed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter O to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER O. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER
Sec. 651.701. LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE
INVOLVING FUNERAL SERVICE. (a) A person may not bring an action
against a license holder to recover damages for negligence
involving a funeral service unless the person is the spouse, adult
child, parent, or adult sibling of the deceased person who is the
subject of the funeral service.
(b) If a person entitled to bring an action under Subsection
(a) is incapacitated or otherwise unable to bring the action, the
person's legal guardian may bring the action on the person's behalf.
SECTION 2. Section 651.701, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after
the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.