By: Bell of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Johnson) H.B. No. 4295
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
  May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
  Human Services; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authorized release and confidentiality of an
  autopsy report.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The medical examiner may release a copy of an autopsy
  report of a deceased person to any organ and tissue procurement
  organization, hospital, or other covered entity as defined by
  Section 181.001, Health and Safety Code, that treated the deceased
  person before death or procured any anatomical gift from the body of
  the deceased person. The release of a report under this subsection
  is not considered a disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
  A report obtained under this subsection is confidential and not
  subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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