Bill Text: TX HB4048 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant regarding death certificates.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB4048 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4048-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4048 |
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relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse | ||
or physician assistant regarding death certificates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 193.005(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person required to file a death certificate or fetal | ||
death certificate shall obtain the required medical certification | ||
from the decedent's attending physician, or[ |
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of the decedent, if the death occurred under the care of the person | ||
in connection with the treatment of the condition or disease | ||
process that contributed to the death. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 193.005(a-1), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4048 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4048 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |