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AN ACT
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relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate and the |
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release of birth certificate information for certain purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.034, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 191.034. NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) |
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On receipt of the death certificate of a person [younger than 55
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years of age] whose birth is registered in this state, the state |
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registrar shall conspicuously note the person's date of death [make
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a conspicuous notation] on the person's [decedent's] birth |
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certificate [that the person is dead]. |
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(b) The state registrar shall notify [provide
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computer-generated abstracts, transcripts, or copies of the death
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certificate to] the county clerk of the county in which the person |
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[decedent] was born and [to] the local registrar of the |
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registration district in which the person [decedent] was born of |
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the person's death. On receipt of the notification of death, the |
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county clerk or local registrar shall conspicuously note the |
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person's date of death [make a conspicuous notation] on the person's |
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[decedent's] birth certificate [that the person is dead]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 192.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The section of the birth certificate entitled "For |
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Medical and Health Use Only" is not part of the legal birth |
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certificate. Information held by the department under that section |
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of the certificate is confidential. That information may not be |
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released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except that |
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release may be made for statistical purposes only so that no person, |
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patient, or facility is identified, or to medical personnel of a |
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health care entity, as that term is defined in Subtitle B, Title 3, |
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Occupations Code, or to a faculty member at a medical school, as |
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that term is defined in Section 61.501, Education Code, for |
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statistical or medical research, or to appropriate state or federal |
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agencies for statistical research. The board may adopt rules to |
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implement this subsection. |
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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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3253 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3253 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3253 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |