Texas § 55.002 INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.

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§ 55.002 — INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.

Texas § 55.002

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 55.002 (2026).

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Sec. 55.002. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.

(a)The department, in consultation with Donate Life Texas, 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 a living donor registry.

(b)Donate Life Texas may develop and provide the informational materials described by Subsection (a) to the department.

(c)The department and the Department of Public Safety shall post the information described by Subsection (a) on each of the agency's Internet websites.

(d)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

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Sec. 55.002. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) The department, in consultation with Donate Life Texas, 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 a living donor registry.
(b) Donate Life Texas may develop and provide the informational materials described by Subsection (a) to the department.
(c) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall post the information described by Subsection (a) on each of the agency's Internet websites.
(d) 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 (a) 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.

Legislative History

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.