79R10604 MCK-D


By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 929

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 929:                                    

By:  McReynolds                                               C.S.H.B. No. 929



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disciplinary action taken against a person required to 
file a death certificate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Section 193.0041 to read as follows:
	Sec. 193.0041.  DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED.  A state 
agency that licenses a person required to file a death certificate 
under this chapter may not take disciplinary action against the 
person for failure to timely file the certificate if the person 
makes a good faith effort to file the certificate within the time 
required by Section 193.003(a) and the failure to timely file the 
certificate results from circumstances beyond the person's 
control.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.