Bill Text: TX HB407 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to registration as an organ donor at the time of motor vehicle registration.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB407 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB407-Introduced.html

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86R808 AJZ-D
By: Price H.B. No. 407

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to registration as an organ donor at the time of motor
vehicle registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.189, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An office authorized to issue motor vehicle
registrations shall:
(1) specifically ask each person who registers a motor
vehicle or renews a motor vehicle registration at that office only
the question, "Would you like to register as an organ donor?"; and
(2) if the person responds affirmatively to the
question asked under Subdivision (1), provide the person's name,
date of birth, driver's license number, most recent address, and
other information needed for identification purposes at the time of
donation to the nonprofit organization designated to maintain and
administer the statewide donor registry under Section 692A.020,
Health and Safety Code, for inclusion in the registry.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.