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Amend CSSB 7 by adding the following section, appropriately 
numbered, and renumbering the subsequent sections of the bill 
appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 45.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 45.107.  CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS 
INFORMATION.  (a) A court shall order a change of name for a 
petitioner under this subchapter if the petition is accompanied by 
a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician that the petitioner has 
completed gender reassignment surgery.
	(b)  A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner 
under this section shall simultaneously order that the Department 
of Public Safety, on receipt of the court's order, change the 
petitioner's name and gender on the petitioner's driver's license 
and other identification documents under the department's control.
	(c)  The Texas Department of Health, on receipt of a 
certified copy of the court's order under Subsection (a) and a 
licensed physician's sworn affidavit that the petitioner has 
completed gender reassignment surgery, shall:
(1)  amend the petitioner's birth certificate as 
provided by Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, to reflect the 
petitioner's corrected name and gender;
(2)  register the petitioner's amended birth 
certificate;              
(3)  send a copy of the petitioner's amended birth 
certificate to the county or agency that filed the petitioner's 
original birth certificate; and
(4)  seal and, except as provided by court order or as 
necessary for the department's processing purposes, prohibit 
access to the petitioner's original birth certificate and any 
correspondence, affidavits, court orders, or other documents 
relating to that certificate that are under the department's 
control.
	(d)  A county or agency that receives a copy of a 
petitioner's amended birth certificate from the Texas Department of 
Health under Subsection (c) shall destroy the petitioner's 
original birth certificate and file the petitioner's amended 
certificate.