Bill Text: TX HB3373 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sharing of death record information between the Department of State Health Services and the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Meeting cancelled [HB3373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3373-Introduced.html
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| By: Holland | H.B. No. 3373 | |
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| relating to the sharing of death record information between the | ||
| Department of State Health Services and the Department of Public | ||
| Safety. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 191.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 191.009. DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC | ||
| SAFETY. (a) The department shall implement an efficient and | ||
| effective method to verify death information to assist the | ||
| Department of Public Safety with maintaining records of holders of | ||
| driver's licenses and personal identification certificates in this | ||
| state. | ||
| (b) The department shall enter into a memorandum of | ||
| understanding with the Department of Public Safety to implement | ||
| this section. The memorandum of understanding must include a | ||
| mechanism for the department to provide to the Department of Public | ||
| Safety death information that includes unique identifiers, | ||
| including social security numbers, necessary to accurately match | ||
| death records with driver's license and personal identification | ||
| certificate records. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
