Amend HB 2200 (house committee report) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 8, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Chapter 717 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 717. NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION
Sec. 717.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" means the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
Sec. 717.002. NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION. (a) The commission by rule shall authorize the reduction of human remains through natural organic reduction.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to implement Subsection (a), including rules governing the natural organic reduction process, natural organic reduction facilities, and vessels used in the natural organic reduction process.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Texas Funeral Service Commission shall adopt rules to implement Chapter 717, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.