S.B. No. 995
AN ACT
relating to donees of anatomical gifts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 692.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 692.005. PERSONS WHO MAY BECOME DONEES. (a) The
following persons may be donees of gifts of bodies or parts of
bodies:
(1) a qualified organ procurement organization, for
distribution to another person who may be a donee under this
section, to be used for transplantation;
(2) a hospital or physician, to be used only for
therapy or transplantation;
(3) a bank or storage facility, to be used only for
therapy or transplantation;
(4) a person specified by a physician, to be used only
for therapy or transplantation needed by the person;
(5) an eye bank the medical activities of which are
directed by a physician;
(6) a forensic science program at:
(A) a general academic teaching institution, as
defined by Section 61.003(3), Education Code; or
(B) a private or independent institution of
higher education, as defined by Section 61.003(15), Education Code;
or
(7) [(6)] the Anatomical Board of the State of Texas.
(b) Except for donations to a forensic science program under
Subsection (a)(6), the [The] Anatomical Board of the State of Texas
shall be the donee of gifts of bodies or parts of bodies made for
education or research, which are subject to distribution by that
board under Chapter 691.
(c) A forensic science program that receives a donation
under Subsection (a)(6) must submit a report to the Anatomical
Board of the State of Texas on a quarterly basis that lists:
(1) the number of bodies or parts of bodies the
forensic science program received; and
(2) the method in which the forensic science program
used the bodies or parts of bodies for education or research.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 995 passed the Senate on
April 21, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 995 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor