Texas § HS.55.001 - ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM
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§ HS.55.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM
ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 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 partnership between the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry for deceased organ donation, maintained by Donate Life Texas, and other organ donor registries for living organ donation; (3) the requirements for registering as a potential living organ donor; (4) the medical screening and procedures necessary for an individual to be a living organ donor; and (5) 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. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 88 (S.B. 1249 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 54 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620 ), Sec. 22.001(18), eff. September 1, 2025.
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Section HS.55.001 ("ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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