By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo  S.B. No. 1467          (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human   Services; April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;   April 28, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1467 By:  Hancock     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit   of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain   hospitals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 191.012 to read as follows:          Sec. 191.012.  DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN   HOSPITALS. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter   241.                (2)  "Trauma facility" has the meaning assigned by   Section 773.003.          (b)  The department shall implement an efficient and   effective procedure to provide death information to a hospital   designated as a Level I trauma facility to assist with the   hospital's participation in the Medicaid managed care program   operated under Chapter 540, Government Code.          (c)  The procedure implemented under Subsection (b) at a   minimum must provide the following information for each deceased   person for whom a death certificate is filed with a local registrar   in this state:                (1)  the county of residence of the deceased;                (2)  the date of birth of the deceased; and                (3)  the full name of the deceased.          (d)  Subject to available resources, the department may use   the procedure implemented under Subsection (b) to provide death   information to a hospital that is not designated as a Level I trauma   facility.          SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines a waiver or authorization from a federal   agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the   agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or   authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the   waiver or authorization is granted.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *