Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 49.24 — NOTIFICATION AND REPORT OF DEATH OF RESIDENT OF INSTITUTION
CR § 49.24Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES · Art. A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
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View on source(a)A superintendent or general manager of an institution who is required by Article 49.04 to report to a justice of the peace the death of an individual under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution shall:
(1)notify the office of the attorney general of the individual's death within 24 hours of the death; and
(2)prepare and submit to the office of the attorney general a report containing all facts relevant to the individual's death within 72 hours of the death.
(b)The superintendent or general manager of the institution shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to an individual's death and to include those facts in the report submitted under Subsection (a)(2).
(c)The office of the attorney general may investigate each death reported to the office by an institution that receives payments through the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
(d)Except as provided by Subsection (e), the office of the attorney general shall make a report submitted under Subsection (a)(2) available to any interested person who submits a written request for access to the report.
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