By: Hancock, et al. S.B. No. 1249
(Oliverson)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education
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 54 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 54. LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
Sec. 54.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. The department
shall establish a living organ donor education program to educate
residents of this state about:
(1) the need for living organ donors, including the
particular need for donors from minority populations;
(2) the partnership between the Glenda Dawson Donate
Life Texas Registry for deceased organ donation, maintained by
Donate Life Texas, and other organ donor registries for living
organ donation;
(3) the requirements for registering as a potential
living organ donor;
(4) the medical screening and procedures necessary for
an individual to be a living organ donor; and
(5) the availability of information about living organ
donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ
procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's
license offices.
Sec. 54.002. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) The department,
in consultation with Donate Life Texas, shall develop written and
electronic informational materials, including links to Internet
websites and machine-readable codes, regarding:
(1) living organ donation; and
(2) the process of registering with a living donor
registry.
(b) Donate Life Texas may develop and provide the
informational materials described by Subsection (a) to the
department.
(c) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall
post the information described by Subsection (a) on each of the
agency's Internet websites.
(d) Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers,
organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and
driver's license offices may access the informational materials
described by Subsection (a) on the Internet websites of the
department and the Department of Public Safety and print the
materials to place in their facilities 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 Chapter 54, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.