By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 1561

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift
	registry; authorizing a fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 502.405, Transportation
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.405.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO DONOR REGISTRY
	[EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND REGISTRY PROGRAM].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 502.405(a) and (b), Transportation
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall provide to each county
	assessor-collector the educational materials for prospective
	donors provided under Section 502.189 [as required by the Donor
	Education, Awareness, and Registry Program of Texas under Chapter
	49, Health and Safety Code. The educational materials shall be made
	available in each office authorized to accept applications for
	registration of motor vehicles].
	(b)  When a person applies for the registration or renewal of
	registration of a motor vehicle, the person may elect to contribute
	$1 or more to the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda
	Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under Chapter 692A,
	Health and Safety Code. The department shall remit any contribution
	paid under this subsection to the comptroller for deposit to the
	credit of the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund created
	under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code.  Money received
	under this subsection by the organization may be used only for the
	purposes described by Section 692A.020(i), Health and Safety Code
	[to manage the organization's registry, provide donor education,
	and promote donor awareness].  The organization shall submit an
	annual report to the legislature and the comptroller that includes
	the total dollar amount of money received by the organization under
	this subsection.  If a person makes a contribution under this
	section and does not pay the full amount of the registration fee,
	the department may credit all or a portion of the contribution to
	the person's registration fee. The department shall:
	(1)  include space on each motor vehicle registration
	renewal notice, on the page that states the total fee for
	registration renewal, that allows a person renewing a registration
	to voluntarily contribute $1 or more to the organization;
	(2)  provide an opportunity for a person to contribute
	$1 or more to the organization during the registration renewal
	process on the department's Internet website; and
	(3)  provide an opportunity to contribute $1 or more to
	the organization in any registration renewal system that succeeds
	the registration renewal system in place on September 1, 2015
	[2013].
	SECTION 3.  Section 521.008(a), Transportation Code, as
	added by Chapter 121 (S.B. 1815), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  When a person applies for an original or renewal
	driver's license under this chapter, the person may contribute $1
	or more to the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda
	Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health and
	Safety Code.
	SECTION 4.  Section 521.126, Transportation Code, is amended
	by amending Subsections (b) and (i) and adding Subsection (n) to
	read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), (e-1), (g),
	(i), [and] (j), and (n), and Section 501.101, Business & Commerce
	Code, a person commits an offense if the person:
	(1)  accesses or uses electronically readable
	information derived from a driver's license, commercial driver's
	license, or personal identification certificate; or
	(2)  compiles or maintains a database of electronically
	readable information derived from driver's licenses, commercial
	driver's licenses, or personal identification certificates.
	(i)  The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not
	apply to a health care provider or hospital that accesses, uses,
	compiles, or maintains a database of the information to provide
	health care services to the individual who holds the driver's
	license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification
	certificate. If an individual objects to the collection of
	information under this subsection, the health care provider or
	hospital must use an alternative method to collect the individual's
	information.
	(n)  The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not
	apply to the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda Dawson
	Donate Life-Texas Registry under Section 692A.020, Health and
	Safety Code, or an organ procurement organization, tissue bank, or
	eye bank, as those terms are defined by Section 692A.002, Health and
	Safety Code, for the purpose of scanning the individual's
	information on the individual's driver's license, commercial
	driver's license, or personal identification certificate to
	register the individual as an anatomical gift donor. Before
	transmitting information scanned under this subsection, the
	nonprofit organization, organ procurement organization, tissue
	bank, or eye bank shall:
	(1)  notify the individual of the registry's purpose
	and the purposes for which the information will be used; and
	(2)  require the individual to verify the accuracy of
	the information; and
	(3)  affirm the individual's consent to make an
	anatomical gift through the individual's use of the individual's
	electronic signature.
	SECTION 5.  Section 521.422(c), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  When a person applies for the issuance or renewal of a
	personal identification card, including a duplicate personal
	identification card or a personal identification card issued or
	renewed over the Internet or by other electronic means, the person
	may elect to contribute $1 or more to the nonprofit organization
	administering the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry
	established under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code. The
	department shall remit any contribution paid under this subsection
	to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Glenda Dawson
	Donate Life-Texas Registry fund created under Section 692A.020,
	Health and Safety Code. Before sending the money to the
	comptroller, the department may deduct money equal to the amount of
	reasonable expenses for administering this subsection, not to
	exceed five percent of the money collected under this subsection.
	The organization shall submit an annual report to the director of
	the department that includes the total dollar amount of money
	received by the organization under this subsection.
	SECTION 6.  Section 522.021, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  When the department issues a license to which this
	section applies, the department shall provide the person to whom
	the license is issued with written information about the Glenda
	Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry operated under Chapter 692A,
	Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 7.  Chapter 522, Transportation Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapter J to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER J. ANATOMICAL GIFTS
	Sec. 522.151.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "registry"
	means the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established
	under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code.
	Sec. 522.152.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO DONOR REGISTRY.
	(a)  When an individual applies for an original or renewal
	commercial driver's license under this chapter, the individual may
	contribute $1 or more to the nonprofit organization administering
	the registry.
	(b)  The department shall:
	(1)  include space on each application for a new or
	renewal commercial driver's license that allows an individual
	applying for a new or renewal commercial driver's license to
	indicate that the individual is voluntarily contributing $1 or more
	to the organization; and
	(2)  provide an opportunity for the individual to
	contribute $1 or more to the organization during the application
	process for a new or renewal driver's license on the department's
	Internet website.
	(c)  The department shall remit any contribution made under
	this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
	Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund created under Section
	692A.020, Health and Safety Code. Before sending the money to the
	comptroller, the department may deduct an amount, not to exceed
	five percent of the money collected under this section, for the
	reasonable expenses incurred by the department in administering
	this section.
	(d)  The organization shall submit an annual report to the
	director of the department that includes the total dollar amount of
	contributions received by the organization under this section.
	Sec. 522.153.  STATEMENT OF GIFT; PROVISION OF REGISTRY
	INFORMATION. (a)  An individual who wishes to be an organ, tissue,
	or eye donor may execute a statement of gift.
	(b)  The statement of gift may be shown on a donor's
	commercial driver's license or by a card designed to be carried by
	the donor to evidence the donor's intentions with respect to organ,
	tissue, and eye donation. A donor card signed by the donor shall be
	given effect as if executed under Section 692A.005, Health and
	Safety Code.
	(c)  The donor registry or organ procurement organizations,
	tissue banks, or eye banks, as those terms are defined by Section
	692A.002, Health and Safety Code, shall provide donor registry
	information to the department and the Texas Department of
	Transportation. The department, with expert input and support from
	the nonprofit organization administering the registry, shall:
	(1)  provide to each applicant for the issuance of an
	original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's
	license who applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by
	other electronic means:
	(A)  the opportunity to indicate on the person's
	commercial driver's license that the person is willing to make an
	anatomical gift, in the event of death, in accordance with Section
	692A.005, Health and Safety Code; and
	(B)  an opportunity for the individual to consent
	to inclusion in the registry and release to procurement
	organizations in the manner provided by Subsection (d); and
	(2)  provide a means to distribute registry information
	to interested individuals in each office authorized to issue
	commercial driver's licenses.
	(d)  The department shall:
	(1)  specifically ask each applicant only the question,
	"Would you like to register as an organ donor?"; and
	(2)  if the applicant responds affirmatively to the
	question asked under Subdivision (1), provide the individual's
	name, date of birth, commercial driver's license number, most
	recent address, and other information needed for identification
	purposes at the time of donation to the nonprofit organization
	contracted to maintain the registry for inclusion in the registry.
	(e)  An affirmative statement of gift on an individual's
	commercial driver's license executed after August 31, 2015, shall
	be conclusive evidence of a decedent's status as a donor and serve
	as consent for organ, tissue, and eye removal.
	(f)  The department shall distribute at all field offices
	Donate Life brochures that provide basic donation information in
	English and Spanish and include a contact phone number and e-mail
	address. The department shall include the question required under
	Subsection (d)(1) and information on the donor registry Internet
	website in renewal notices.
	Sec. 522.154.  REVOCATION OF STATEMENT OF GIFT. (a)  To
	revoke an affirmative statement of gift on an individual's
	commercial driver's license, the individual must apply to the
	department for an amendment to the license.
	(b)  The fee for an amendment is the same as the fee for a
	duplicate license.
	(c)  To have an individual's name removed from the registry,
	the individual must provide written notice to the nonprofit
	organization selected under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code,
	to maintain the registry directing the removal of the individual's
	name from the registry. On receipt of a written notice under this
	subsection, the organization shall promptly remove the
	individual's name and information from the registry.
	SECTION 8.  Section 521.126(k), Transportation Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.