| 1 | 1 | | 89R8555 EAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 1467 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit |
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| 10 | 10 | | of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | hospitals. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 191.012 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 191.012. DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOSPITALS. (a) The department shall implement an efficient and |
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| 17 | 17 | | effective procedure to provide death information to a hospital |
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| 18 | 18 | | licensed under Chapter 241 to assist with the hospital's |
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| 19 | 19 | | participation in the Medicaid managed care program operated under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Chapter 540, Government Code. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The procedure implemented under Subsection (a) at a |
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| 22 | 22 | | minimum must provide the following information for each deceased |
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| 23 | 23 | | person for whom a death certificate is filed with a local registrar |
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| 24 | 24 | | in this state: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) the county of residence of the deceased; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the date of birth of the deceased; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) the full name of the deceased. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 29 | 29 | | a state agency determines a waiver or authorization from a federal |
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| 30 | 30 | | agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the |
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| 31 | 31 | | agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 32 | 32 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 33 | 33 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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