| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1249 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education |
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| 6 | 6 | | program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Chapter 54 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | CHAPTER 54. LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 54.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. The department |
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| 12 | 12 | | shall establish a living organ donor education program to educate |
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| 13 | 13 | | residents of this state about: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) the need for living organ donors, including the |
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| 15 | 15 | | particular need for donors from minority populations; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) the partnership between the Glenda Dawson Donate |
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| 17 | 17 | | Life Texas Registry for deceased organ donation, maintained by |
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| 18 | 18 | | Donate Life Texas, and other organ donor registries for living |
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| 19 | 19 | | organ donation; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) the requirements for registering as a potential |
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| 21 | 21 | | living organ donor; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) the medical screening and procedures necessary for |
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| 23 | 23 | | an individual to be a living organ donor; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) the availability of information about living organ |
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| 25 | 25 | | donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ |
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| 26 | 26 | | procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's |
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| 27 | 27 | | license offices. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 54.002. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) The department, |
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| 29 | 29 | | in consultation with Donate Life Texas, shall develop written and |
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| 30 | 30 | | electronic informational materials, including links to Internet |
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| 31 | 31 | | websites and machine-readable codes, regarding: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) living organ donation; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) the process of registering with a living donor |
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| 34 | 34 | | registry. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) Donate Life Texas may develop and provide the |
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| 36 | 36 | | informational materials described by Subsection (a) to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | department. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall |
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| 39 | 39 | | post the information described by Subsection (a) on each of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | agency's Internet websites. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (d) Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers, |
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| 42 | 42 | | organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and |
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| 43 | 43 | | driver's license offices may access the informational materials |
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| 44 | 44 | | described by Subsection (a) on the Internet websites of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | department and the Department of Public Safety and print the |
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| 46 | 46 | | materials to place in their facilities or offices to provide to |
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| 47 | 47 | | residents of this state. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 49 | 49 | | of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall |
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| 50 | 50 | | establish the program and obtain the informational materials as |
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| 51 | 51 | | required by Chapter 54, Health and Safety Code, as added by this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 54 | 54 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 56 | 56 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1249 passed the Senate on |
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| 57 | 57 | | April 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 58 | 58 | | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 60 | 60 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1249 passed the House on |
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| 61 | 61 | | May 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 9, two present |
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| 62 | 62 | | not voting. |
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| 63 | 63 | | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | 64 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 65 | 65 | | Approved: |
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| 66 | 66 | | ______________________________ |
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| 67 | 67 | | Date |
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| 68 | 68 | | ______________________________ |
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| 69 | 69 | | Governor |
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