Bill Text: TX HB2940 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the form of death certificates and fetal death certificates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2940 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2940-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2940 | ||
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| relating to the form of death certificates and fetal death | ||
| certificates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In prescribing each form under Subsection (a), the | ||
| department shall ensure that the form instructs the person required | ||
| to file the death certificate or fetal death certificate to: | ||
| (1) enter the date in the standard order of "month, | ||
| day, year"; and | ||
| (2) spell out the name of the month when entering the | ||
| date. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The Department of State Health Services | ||
| shall revise and make available the forms required by Section | ||
| 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later | ||
| than January 1, 2012. | ||
| (b) A person required to file a death certificate or a fetal | ||
| death certificate is not required to use the revised form required | ||
| by Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
| before February 1, 2012. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2940 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2940 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
