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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification |
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information on certain death certificates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Marilyn's Law. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 193.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 193.012. NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE |
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AMENDMENTS. For a death certificate that is not a pending death |
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certificate, a person who submits to the department a request for an |
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amendment to modify the medical certification information on the |
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certificate shall provide in the manner prescribed by the |
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department written notice of the modification to a decedent's next |
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of kin. |
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SECTION 3. Section 193.012, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a death certificate for which an |
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amendment to modify the medical certification information is |
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requested on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |