87R3601 SCL-D
 
  By: Patterson H.B. No. 723
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification
  information on a death certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 193.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 193.012.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE
  AMENDMENTS. A person who submits to the department a request for a
  death certificate amendment to modify the medical certification
  information on the certificate shall provide in the manner
  prescribed by the department written notice of the modification to
  a decedent's next of kin.
         SECTION 2.  Section 193.012, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to a death certificate for which an
  amendment to modify the medical certification information is
  requested on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.