Bill Text: TX HB3253 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate and the release of birth certificate information for certain purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3253-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3253 |
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relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate and the | ||
release of birth certificate information for certain purposes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 191.034, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 191.034. NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) | ||
On receipt of the death certificate of a person [ |
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registrar shall conspicuously note the person's date of death [ |
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certificate [ |
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(b) The state registrar shall notify [ |
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registration district in which the person [ |
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the person's death. On receipt of the notification of death, the | ||
county clerk or local registrar shall conspicuously note the | ||
person's date of death [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 192.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The section of the birth certificate entitled "For | ||
Medical and Health Use Only" is not part of the legal birth | ||
certificate. Information held by the department under that section | ||
of the certificate is confidential. That information may not be | ||
released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except that | ||
release may be made for statistical purposes only so that no person, | ||
patient, or facility is identified, or to medical personnel of a | ||
health care entity, as that term is defined in Subtitle B, Title 3, | ||
Occupations Code, or to a faculty member at a medical school, as | ||
that term is defined in Section 61.501, Education Code, for | ||
statistical or medical research, or to appropriate state or federal | ||
agencies for statistical research. The board may adopt rules to | ||
implement this subsection. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3253 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3253 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3253 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
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Governor |