Bill Text: TX HB4295 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authorized release and confidentiality of an autopsy report.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB4295 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4295-Introduced.html

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87R8040 MWC-D
By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 4295

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorized release and confidentiality of an
autopsy report.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The medical examiner may release a copy of an autopsy
report of a deceased person to any organ and tissue procurement
organization, hospital, or other covered entity as defined by
Section 181.001, Health and Safety Code, that treated the deceased
person before death or procured any anatomical gift from the body of
the deceased person. The release of a report under this subsection
is not considered a disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
A report obtained under this subsection is confidential and not
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.