Bill Text: TX HB3957 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Public Health [HB3957 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3957-Introduced.html
By: Turner of Dallas | H.B. No. 3957 |
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relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 193.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 193.0025. PROCESS FOR EXPEDITED DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR | ||
RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall | ||
establish a process by which an individual may submit a written | ||
request to the person required to file a death certificate under | ||
Section 193.002 for the person to expedite the completion of a | ||
decedent's death certificate if the requestor demonstrates that: | ||
(1) the expedited completion is necessary for | ||
religious purposes; and | ||
(2) the requestor is authorized to receive the | ||
certificate. | ||
(b) The process must seek to enable a person required to | ||
file a death certificate who receives a request under Subsection | ||
(a) to issue a copy of a decedent's death certificate to the | ||
requestor not later than 24 hours after the time the person receives | ||
the request, provided an inquest will not be conducted for the | ||
decedent. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 193.0025, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |