Bill Text: TX HB2826 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB2826 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2826-Introduced.html
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| By: Oliverson | H.B. No. 2826 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education | ||
| program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 54 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 54. LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 54.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The department | ||
| shall establish a living organ donor education program to educate | ||
| residents of this state about: | ||
| (1) the need for living organ donors, including the | ||
| particular need for donors from minority populations; | ||
| (2) the requirements for registering with the National | ||
| Donate Life Living Donor Registry through Donate Life America as a | ||
| potential living organ donor; | ||
| (3) the medical screening and procedures necessary for | ||
| an individual to be a living organ donor; and | ||
| (4) the availability of information about living organ | ||
| donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ | ||
| procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's | ||
| license offices. | ||
| (b) The department, in consultation with Donate Life | ||
| America, shall develop written and electronic informational | ||
| materials, including links to Internet websites and | ||
| machine-readable codes, regarding: | ||
| (1) living organ donation; and | ||
| (2) the process of registering with the National | ||
| Donate Life Living Donor Registry. | ||
| (c) Donate Life America may develop and provide the | ||
| informational materials described by Subsection (b) to the | ||
| department. | ||
| (d) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall | ||
| post the information described by Subsection (b) on each of the | ||
| agency's Internet websites. | ||
| (e) Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers, | ||
| organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and | ||
| driver's license offices may access the informational materials | ||
| described by Subsection (b) on the Internet websites of the | ||
| department and the Department of Public Safety and print the | ||
| materials to place in their facilities or offices to provide to | ||
| residents of this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall | ||
| establish the program and obtain the informational materials as | ||
| required by Section 54.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
