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Senate Bill 256 |
Senate Author: Nelson |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: King, Susan |
Senate Bill 256 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a private autopsy facility to post in a conspicuous place in a public area of the facility a notice that states in English and in Spanish that a person may file with the Texas Medical Board a complaint against a physician who performs autopsy services. The bill requires the board by rule to adopt a sample form of the notice and to publish the form on the board's Internet website and requires a notice posted by a private autopsy facility to substantially comply with the sample form. The bill makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a private autopsy facility to fail to publish the notice. Provisions relating to the notice and posting requirement take effect September 1, 2011, and provisions relating to the misdemeanor take effect January 1, 2012.