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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of a death certificate with a pending cause |
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of death. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The state registrar shall, without fee, issue to a |
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person who filed an original death certificate a certified copy of |
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the death certificate amended to reflect a cause of death if: |
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(1) the original death certificate stated that the |
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cause of death was pending; and |
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(2) the person paid the filing fee at the time of |
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original filing. |
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SECTION 2. Section 193.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and |
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(d) to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), not [Not] later |
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than the 10th day after the date of a death that occurs in this |
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state, a death certificate shall be filed with the local registrar |
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of the registration district in which: |
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(1) the death occurs; or |
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(2) the body is found, if the place of death is not |
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known. |
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(c) A death certificate may be filed stating the cause of |
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death is pending. |
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(d) If the cause of death is pending on the 10th day |
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following the date of a death, the person filing the death |
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certificate may, instead of filing a certificate stating that the |
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cause of death is pending, wait until the cause of death is declared |
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to file the death certificate. A death certificate filed in |
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accordance with this subsection shall be filed not later than the |
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10th day after the date the cause of death is declared. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt rules necessary to administer Sections 191.0046 and 193.003, |
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Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |