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AN ACT
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relating to the disposition of fetal remains. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 241.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 241.010. DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS. (a) A hospital |
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shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal |
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death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner |
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appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of |
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a human body. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an |
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unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a |
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hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the |
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unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and |
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consistent with hospital policy. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |