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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the form of death certificates and fetal death |
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certificates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In prescribing each form under Subsection (a), the |
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department shall ensure that the form instructs the person required |
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to file the death certificate or fetal death certificate to: |
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(1) enter the date in the standard order of "month, |
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day, year"; and |
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(2) spell out the name of the month when entering the |
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date. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The Department of State Health Services |
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shall revise and make available the forms required by Section |
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193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later |
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than January 1, 2012. |
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(b) A person required to file a death certificate or a fetal |
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death certificate is not required to use the revised form required |
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by Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, |
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before February 1, 2012. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |