88R8412 CJD-D
 
  By: Moody, Toth, Cook H.B. No. 2326
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased
  person during an inquest.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (j)  A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified
  technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or
  licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body
  of a person:
               (1)  who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident
  if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the
  person may have been driving while intoxicated; or
               (2)  to aid in the confirmation or determination of the
  cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.