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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 193.0025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 193.0025. PROCESS FOR EXPEDITED DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR |
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RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall |
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establish a process by which an individual may submit a written |
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request to the person required to file a death certificate under |
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Section 193.002 for the person to expedite the completion of a |
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decedent's death certificate if the requestor demonstrates that: |
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(1) the expedited completion is necessary for |
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religious purposes; and |
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(2) the requestor is authorized to receive the |
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certificate. |
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(b) The process must seek to enable a person required to |
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file a death certificate who receives a request under Subsection |
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(a) to issue a copy of a decedent's death certificate to the |
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requestor not later than 24 hours after the time the person receives |
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the request, provided an inquest will not be conducted for the |
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decedent. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Section 193.0025, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |