TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1604 by Keffer, Bill (Relating to the period in which a birth certificate must be filed or a birth reported.), As Engrossed |
The bill amends Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, to specify that a parent may request, based upon religious beliefs, to delay the filing of a birth certificate until the child is named. The bill would require the birth certificate to be filed not later than fifteen days after the child's birth.
Source Agencies: | 537 Department of State Health Services
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, PP, LW
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