87R11747 SRA-D
 
  By: Oliverson, Zwiener, et al. H.B. No. 780
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 780:
 
  By:  Klick C.S.H.B. No. 780
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 53.  BONE MARROW DONOR RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
         Sec. 53.001.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a)  The department
  shall establish a bone marrow donor recruitment program to educate
  residents of this state about:
               (1)  the need for bone marrow donors, including the
  particular need for donors from minority populations;
               (2)  the requirements for registering with the
  federally authorized bone marrow donor registry established and
  maintained as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k as a potential bone
  marrow donor, including procedures for determining an individual's
  tissue type;
               (3)  the medical procedures an individual must undergo
  to donate bone marrow or other sources of blood stem cells; and
               (4)  the availability of information about bone marrow
  donation in health care facilities, blood banks, and driver's
  license offices.
         (b)  The department, in consultation with the federally
  authorized bone marrow donor registry established and maintained as
  required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k, shall develop written and
  electronic informational materials, including links to Internet
  websites and machine-readable codes, regarding:
               (1)  bone marrow donation; and
               (2)  the process of registering with the federally
  authorized bone marrow donor registry. 
         (c)  The federally authorized bone marrow donor registry may
  develop and provide the informational materials described by
  Subsection (b) to the department. 
         (d)  The department and the Department of Public Safety shall
  post the information described by Subsection (b) on each agency's
  respective Internet websites. 
         (e)  Appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and
  driver's license offices may access the informational materials
  described by Subsection (b) on the Internet websites of the
  department and the Department of Public Safety and print the
  materials to place in their facilities, banks, or offices to
  provide to residents of this state.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall
  establish the program and obtain the informational materials as
  required by Section 53.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.