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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to human body and anatomical specimen donation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 691, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 691.0225 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 691.0225. INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENT. The board shall |
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develop a document to inform a person making a gift of a decedent's |
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body or anatomical specimen for purposes of education or research |
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of the risks and benefits associated with donation. The board shall |
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make the document available on the board's Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 691.031, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall adopt rules to ensure that: |
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(1) each body or anatomical specimen received or
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distributed by the board is properly transported; |
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(2) a label with the statement "CONTENTS DERIVED FROM |
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DONATED HUMAN TISSUE" is affixed to the container in which the body |
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or anatomical specimen is transported; and |
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(3) each person who has control or possession of a body |
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or anatomical specimen: |
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(A) satisfactorily completes the information |
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required on a chain-of-custody form prescribed by the board; |
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(B) maintains a copy of the form for the person's |
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records; and |
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(C) transfers the form to any other person to |
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whom control or possession of the body or anatomical specimen is |
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transferred.
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Anatomical |
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Board of the State of Texas shall: |
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(1) adopt the rules and form required under Subsection |
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(a), Section 691.031, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this |
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Act; and |
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(2) develop the informational document required under |
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Section 691.0225, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |