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Amend HB 251 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the
subsequent SECTIONS appropriately:
SECTION___. Section 671.013, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an autopsy report
released in connection with the determination of the cause of death
in relation to a workers' compensation claim under Subsection (a)
shall be released not later than the 15th business day after the
date the request is received from the authorized person.
(e) If the report has not been filed as provided by Section
671.012, a representative of the office designated by the autopsy
order shall, not later than the 10th business day after the date of
the request, notify the requesting person that the report has not
been filed and of the date, to the best of the knowledge of the
representative, that the requesting person may anticipate
receiving the report.