AN ACT 1-1 relating to the establishment and funding of a program to educate 1-2 residents about anatomical gifts. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Chapter 46 to read as follows: 1-6 CHAPTER 46. ANATOMICAL GIFT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 1-7 Sec. 46.001. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. 1-8 (a) The department shall develop a program to educate residents 1-9 about anatomical gifts. The program shall include information 1-10 about: 1-11 (1) the laws governing anatomical gifts, including 1-12 Subchapter Q, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, and Chapter 692; 1-13 (2) the procedures for becoming an organ, eye, or 1-14 tissue donor or donee; and 1-15 (3) the benefits of organ, eye, or tissue donation. 1-16 (b) In developing the program, the department shall solicit 1-17 broad-based input reflecting recommendations of all interested 1-18 groups, including representatives of patients, providers, ethnic 1-19 groups, and geographic regions. 1-20 (c) The department shall implement the program only to the 1-21 extent that funds are available from Section 521.421(g) or 1-22 521.422(c), Transportation Code. 1-23 SECTION 2. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended 1-24 by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 2-1 (g) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for 2-2 the issuance or renewal of a license to fund the anatomical gift 2-3 educational program established under Chapter 46, Health and Safety 2-4 Code, if the person applying for or renewing a license opts to pay 2-5 the additional fee. The department shall remit fees collected 2-6 under this subsection to the comptroller, who shall maintain the 2-7 identity of the source of the fees. 2-8 SECTION 3. Section 521.422, Transportation Code, is amended 2-9 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 2-10 (c) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for 2-11 the issuance or renewal of a personal identification card to fund 2-12 the anatomical gift educational program established under Chapter 2-13 46, Health and Safety Code, if the person applying for or renewing 2-14 a personal identification card opts to pay the additional fee. The 2-15 department shall remit fees collected under this subsection to the 2-16 comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of the source of the 2-17 fees. 2-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-19 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 673 passed the Senate on April 8, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 673 passed the House, with amendment, on May 26, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor