By: Hall, Paxton S.B. No. 125
(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
Services; March 24, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2;
March 24, 2025, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 125 By: Perry
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to 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 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.
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 that facilitates blood
donations shall allow an individual on whom a medical procedure is
to be performed to provide an autologous or direct blood donation a
physician orders for the procedure.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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