Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2827 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to report inmate deaths, other than deaths attributable to natural causes or deaths due to legal execution, to the attorney general's office. It amends the Government Code to require TDCJ, in the event of the death of an inmate by natural causes, to immediately notify the inmate's family of the death and inform the family that an autopsy will be performed if they do not object to the department within eight hours. The act also amends the Government Code to require TDCJ to adopt a procedure and a form to allow inmates to sign up for an organ donation program.