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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to pregnancy information on death 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-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-2) In prescribing the form and contents of death |
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certificates, the department shall require each death certificate |
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to indicate whether a female decedent was pregnant at the time of |
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death or was pregnant at any time in the year preceding the |
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decedent's death. |
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SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |