79R6688 MSE-D

By:  Keffer of Eastland                                           H.B. No. 1604



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the period in which a birth certificate must be filed or 
a birth reported.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a [A] person 
required to file a birth certificate or report a birth shall file 
the certificate or make the report not later than the fifth day 
after the date of the birth.
	(e)  If a parent does not name the child before the fifth day 
after the date of the birth due to the parent's religious beliefs, a 
person required to file the birth certificate or report the birth 
may file the certificate or make the report not later than the fifth 
day after the date the child is named.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.