Tex. Health & Safety Code § 697.005

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 697.005 - Burial or Cremation Assistance Registry

The department shall:

(1) establish and maintain a registry of:
(A) participating funeral homes and cemeteries willing to provide free common burial or low-cost private burial; and
(B) private nonprofit organizations that register with the department to provide financial assistance for the costs associated with burial or cremation of the embryonic and fetal tissue remains of an unborn child; and
(2) make the registry information available on request to a physician, health care facility, or agent of a physician or health care facility.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 697.005

Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 441,Sec. 13, eff. 9/1/2017.