Texas § 595.0055 DISCLOSURE OF NAME AND BIRTH AND DEATH DATES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

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§ 595.0055 — DISCLOSURE OF NAME AND BIRTH AND DEATH DATES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

Texas § 595.0055

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 595.0055 (2026).

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Sec. 595.0055. DISCLOSURE OF NAME AND BIRTH AND DEATH DATES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

(a)In this section, "cemetery organization" and "funeral establishment" have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001 .

(b)Notwithstanding any other law, on request by a representative of a cemetery organization or funeral establishment, the director of a residential care facility shall release to the representative the name, date of birth, or date of death of a person who was a resident at the facility when the person died, unless the person or the person's guardian provided written instructions to the facility not to release the person's name or dates of birth and death. A representative of a cemetery organization or a funeral establishment may use a name or date released under this subsection only for th

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Sec. 595.0055. DISCLOSURE OF NAME AND BIRTH AND DEATH DATES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. (a) In this section, "cemetery organization" and "funeral establishment" have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001 .
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, on request by a representative of a cemetery organization or funeral establishment, the director of a residential care facility shall release to the representative the name, date of birth, or date of death of a person who was a resident at the facility when the person died, unless the person or the person's guardian provided written instructions to the facility not to release the person's name or dates of birth and death. A representative of a cemetery organization or a funeral establishment may use a name or date released under this subsection only for the purpose of inscribing the name or date on a grave marker.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 174, Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1472, eff. April 2, 2015.