Bill Amendment: TX SB2040 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of willed body programs to the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the regulation of willed body programs, non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, and anatomical facilities, and the creation of the State Anatomical Advisory Committee; requiring registration; authorizing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Status: 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB2040 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2040-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F2-Springer.html

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Amend CSSB 2040 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1.14 of the bill as follows:

(1)  Strike the recital for amended Section 691.028, Health and Safety Code (page 4, lines 24 and 25), and substitute the following:

SECTION 1.14.  Section 691.028, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(2)  Immediately following amended Section 691.028(b), Health and Safety Code (page 4, between lines 46 and 47), insert the following:

(b-1)  For purposes of Subsection (b), the donor must be informed in writing about the information described by Subsection (b)(2) in a clear manner on a single piece of paper that is 8-1/2 by 11 inches with 14-point type. The commission by rule shall design and adopt a form that complies with this subsection that willed body programs and non-transplant anatomical donation organizations must use.