| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 760 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased |
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| 6 | 6 | | person during an inquest. |
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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. Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (j) A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified |
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| 11 | 11 | | technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or |
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| 12 | 12 | | licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body |
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| 13 | 13 | | of a person: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident |
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| 15 | 15 | | if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the |
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| 16 | 16 | | person may have been driving while intoxicated; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) to aid in the confirmation or determination of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 20 | 20 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 22 | 22 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 760 passed the Senate on |
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| 23 | 23 | | April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | ______________________________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 26 | 26 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 760 passed the House on |
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| 27 | 27 | | May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 8, |
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| 28 | 28 | | two present not voting. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | Approved: |
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| 32 | 32 | | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | 33 | | Date |
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| 34 | 34 | | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | Governor |
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