Bill Text: TX HB723 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on certain death certificates.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB723 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB723-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 723 |
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relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification | ||
information on certain death certificates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Marilyn's Law. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 193.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 193.012. NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE | ||
AMENDMENTS. For a death certificate that is not a pending death | ||
certificate, a person who submits to the department a request for an | ||
amendment to modify the medical certification information on the | ||
certificate shall provide in the manner prescribed by the | ||
department written notice of the modification to a decedent's next | ||
of kin. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 193.012, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to a death certificate for which an | ||
amendment to modify the medical certification information is | ||
requested on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |