Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 55.001 — ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM

HS § 55.001Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 55. LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

Statute text

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.

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.