Bill Text: TX SB760 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased person during an inquest.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB760 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB760-Comm_Sub.html

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By: LaMantia S.B. No. 760
(Moody, Toth, Cook)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased
person during an inquest.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(j) A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified
technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or
licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body
of a person:
(1) who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident
if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the
person may have been driving while intoxicated; or
(2) to aid in the confirmation or determination of the
cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.