H.B. No. 2101




AN ACT

relating to heirloom birth certificates.                                      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 192.0021, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 192.0021.  HEIRLOOM BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The 
department shall [may design the form of an heirloom birth 
certificate and may] promote and sell copies of an heirloom birth
[the] certificate.  The department shall solicit donated designs 
for the certificate from Texas artists and select the best donated 
designs for the form of the certificate.  An heirloom birth 
certificate must contain the same information as, and have the same 
effect of, a certified copy of another birth record.  The department 
shall prescribe a fee for the issuance of an heirloom birth 
certificate in an amount that does not exceed $50 [$30].  The 
heirloom birth certificate must be printed on high-quality paper 
with the appearance of parchment not smaller than 11 inches by 14 
inches.
	(b)  The department shall deposit 50 percent of the proceeds
[Proceeds] from the sale of heirloom birth certificates to the 
credit of the childhood immunization account and the other 50 
percent to the credit of the undedicated portion of the general 
revenue fund.  The childhood immunization account is an account in 
the general revenue fund.  Money in the account may be used only by 
the Department of State Health Services for:
		(1)  making grants to fund childhood immunizations and 
related education programs; and
		(2)  [shall be deposited to the credit of the general 
revenue fund.  An amount not to exceed the costs of administering 
this section as determined by the comptroller shall be appropriated 
to the department for] administering this section.
	(c)  The department may sell an heirloom birth certificate 
only for an individual born in this state.
	SECTION 2.  As soon as possible after the effective date of 
this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall begin the 
process of redesigning the form of the heirloom birth certificate 
in accordance with Section 192.0021, Health and Safety Code, as 
amended by this Act.  The department may appoint an advisory 
committee to assist the department in soliciting donated designs 
and selecting the best designs.  Until the new designs are selected, 
the department shall continue to use the design in use on the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2101 was passed by the House on May 
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2101 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor