88R9275 JCG-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 2342       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a limitation on certain civil actions brought against   persons licensed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter O to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER O. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER          Sec. 651.701.  LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE   INVOLVING FUNERAL SERVICE. (a)  A person may not bring an action   against a license holder to recover damages for negligence   involving a funeral service unless the person is the spouse, adult   child, parent, or adult sibling of the deceased person who is the   subject of the funeral service.          (b)  If a person entitled to bring an action under Subsection   (a) is incapacitated or otherwise unable to bring the action, the   person's legal guardian may bring the action on the person's behalf.          SECTION 2.  Section 651.701, Occupations Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after   the effective date of this Act.  A cause of action that accrued   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it   existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.