Bill Text: TX SB336 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disposition of organs, organ parts, or medically implanted devices on completion of an autopsy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB336 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB336-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 336 |
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relating to the disposition of organs, organ parts, or medically | ||
implanted devices on completion of an autopsy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 9, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) On completion of an autopsy during which the medical | ||
examiner removes an organ, organ part, or medically implanted | ||
device, the medical examiner performing the autopsy shall retain | ||
the organ, organ part, or medically implanted device if: | ||
(1) the retention is required by law or by published | ||
professional or accreditation standards; or | ||
(2) the medical examiner determines that retention is | ||
necessary for further examination or testing. | ||
(e) If the medical examiner is not required to retain an | ||
organ, organ part, or medically implanted device under Subsection | ||
(d), the medical examiner shall: | ||
(1) dispose of the organ, organ part, or medically | ||
implanted device as medical waste; or | ||
(2) release the organ, organ part, or medically | ||
implanted device to: | ||
(A) the decedent's next of kin or the executor of | ||
the decedent's estate; | ||
(B) a medical laboratory; | ||
(C) a hospital; | ||
(D) an accredited medical school for research or | ||
education purposes; | ||
(E) an organ procurement organization; or | ||
(F) a funeral establishment or crematory. | ||
(f) A medical examiner shall develop a protocol based on | ||
published professional or accreditation standards for the | ||
disposition of organs, organ parts, and medically implanted devices | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |