By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 160


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to education relating to human organ donation.                       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 49, Health and Safety Code, is amended by 
adding Section 49.002 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49.002.  EDUCATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND 
ATTORNEYS.  (a)  The department shall develop a program to educate 
health care providers and attorneys in this state regarding 
anatomical gifts.
	(b)  The department through the program shall encourage 
attorneys to provide organ donation information to clients seeking 
legal advice for end-of-life decisions.
	(c)  The department shall encourage medical schools and 
nursing schools in this state to include mandatory organ donation 
education in the schools' curriculums.
	(d)  The department shall encourage medical schools in this 
state to require a physician in a neurology or neurosurgery 
residency program to complete an advanced course in organ donation 
education.
	(e)  The department shall implement the program only to the 
extent that:
		(1)  funds are available from Section 521.421(g) or 
521.422(c), Transportation Code;
		(2)  money or in-kind donations are donated to the 
department for the purpose of implementing the program; or
		(3)  the legislature specifically appropriates money 
from another source for the purpose of implementing the program.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.