By Moncrief S.B. No. 673 76R6802 GCH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the establishment and funding of a program to educate 1-3 residents about anatomical gifts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Chapter 46 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 46. ANATOMICAL GIFT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 1-8 Sec. 46.001. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. 1-9 (a) The department shall develop a program to educate residents 1-10 about anatomical gifts. The program shall include information 1-11 about: 1-12 (1) the laws governing anatomical gifts, including 1-13 Subchapter Q, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, and Chapter 692; 1-14 (2) the procedures for becoming an organ donor or 1-15 donee; and 1-16 (3) the benefits of organ donation. 1-17 (b) In developing the program, the department shall solicit 1-18 broad-based input reflecting recommendations of all interested 1-19 groups, including representatives of patients, providers, ethnic 1-20 groups, and geographic regions. 1-21 (c) The department shall implement the program only to the 1-22 extent that funds are available from Section 521.421(g) or 1-23 521.422(c), Transportation Code. 1-24 SECTION 2. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended 2-1 by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 2-2 (g) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for 2-3 the issuance or renewal of a license to fund the anatomical gift 2-4 educational program established under Chapter 46, Health and 2-5 Safety Code, if the person applying for or renewing a license opts 2-6 to pay the additional fee. The department shall remit fees 2-7 collected under this subsection to the comptroller, who shall 2-8 maintain the identity of the source of the fees. 2-9 SECTION 3. Section 521.422, Transportation Code, is amended 2-10 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 2-11 (c) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for 2-12 the issuance or renewal of a personal identification card to fund 2-13 the anatomical gift educational program established under Chapter 2-14 46, Health and Safety Code, if the person applying for or renewing 2-15 a personal identification card opts to pay the additional fee. The 2-16 department shall remit fees collected under this subsection to the 2-17 comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of the source of the 2-18 fees. 2-19 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-20 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.