88R12884 SRA-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 1584
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. 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 for the medical procedure if, not less than
72 hours before the time the medical procedure is scheduled to be
performed, the individual:
(1) notifies the hospital of the intention to provide
an autologous or direct blood donation for the medical procedure;
and
(2) for a direct blood donation, provides the hospital
a list of eligible blood donors.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.