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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on certain civil actions brought against |
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persons licensed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter O to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER O. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER |
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Sec. 651.701. LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE |
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INVOLVING FUNERAL SERVICE. (a) A person may not bring an action |
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against a license holder to recover damages for negligence |
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involving a funeral service unless the person is the spouse, adult |
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child, parent, or adult sibling of the deceased person who is the |
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subject of the funeral service. |
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(b) If a person entitled to bring an action under Subsection |
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(a) is incapacitated or otherwise unable to bring the action, the |
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person's legal guardian may bring the action on the person's behalf. |
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SECTION 2. Section 651.701, Occupations Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it |
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existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |