88R9573 MCF-D
 
  By: Hancock S.B. No. 1249
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education
  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 54 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 54.  LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
         Sec. 54.001.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a)  The department
  shall establish a living organ donor education program to educate
  residents of this state about:
               (1)  the need for living organ donors, including the
  particular need for donors from minority populations;
               (2)  the requirements for registering with the National
  Donate Life Living Donor Registry through Donate Life America as a
  potential living organ donor;
               (3)  the medical screening and procedures necessary for
  an individual to be a living organ donor; and
               (4)  the availability of information about living organ
  donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ
  procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's
  license offices.
         (b)  The department, in consultation with Donate Life
  America, shall develop written and electronic informational
  materials, including links to Internet websites and
  machine-readable codes, regarding:
               (1)  living organ donation; and
               (2)  the process of registering with the National
  Donate Life Living Donor Registry. 
         (c)  Donate Life America 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 of the
  agency's Internet websites. 
         (e)  Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers,
  organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye 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 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 54.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.