Bill Text: TX SB864 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on a death certificate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB864 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB864-Introduced.html
| 87R3601 SCL-D | ||
| By: Paxton, Johnson | S.B. No. 864 | |
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| relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification | ||
| information on a death certificate. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. 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. A person who submits to the department a request for a | ||
| death certificate 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 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
