By: Hall S.B. No. 1584
(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
May 8, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2023, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1584 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain autologous and direct blood donations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 162, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 162.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 162.021. AUTOLOGOUS OR DIRECT BLOOD DONATION. (a) A
blood bank that facilitates autologous or direct blood donations
shall comply with a physician's order prescribing for an individual
an autologous or direct blood donation.
(b) A blood bank may charge a fee in an amount reasonable and
necessary to cover the administrative cost to the blood bank of
facilitating an autologous or direct blood donation ordered by a
physician under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 241.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 241.013. AUTOLOGOUS AND DIRECT BLOOD DONATIONS. A
hospital licensed under this chapter shall allow an individual on
whom a medical procedure is to be performed to provide an autologous
or direct blood donation ordered by a physician for the medical
procedure if:
(1) the hospital facilitates blood donations; and
(2) not less than 72 hours before the time the medical
procedure is scheduled to be performed, the individual:
(A) notifies the hospital of the individual's
intention to provide an autologous or direct blood donation for the
medical procedure; and
(B) for a direct blood donation, provides the
hospital a list of eligible blood donors.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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