88R9275 JCG-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 2342
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a limitation on certain civil actions brought against
  persons licensed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter O to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER O. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER
         Sec. 651.701.  LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE
  INVOLVING FUNERAL SERVICE. (a)  A person may not bring an action
  against a license holder to recover damages for negligence
  involving a funeral service unless the person is the spouse, adult
  child, parent, or adult sibling of the deceased person who is the
  subject of the funeral service.
         (b)  If a person entitled to bring an action under Subsection
  (a) is incapacitated or otherwise unable to bring the action, the
  person's legal guardian may bring the action on the person's behalf.
         SECTION 2.  Section 651.701, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after
  the effective date of this Act.  A cause of action that accrued
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
  existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.