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TX Health & Safety Code § 191.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.029. Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar

Sec. 191.029.  CERTIFICATES OR REPORT SENT TO STATE REGISTRAR.  On the 10th day of each month, the local registrar shall send to the state registrar:(1)  the original certificates that the local registrar registered during the preceding month;  or(2)  a report of no births or deaths on a card provided for that purpose if no births or deaths occurred during the preceding month.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.031. Review of Certificates by State Registrar

Sec. 191.031.  REVIEW OF CERTIFICATES BY STATE REGISTRAR.  (a)  The state registrar shall carefully examine the certificates received monthly from the local registrars.(b)  The state registrar shall require additional information to make the record complete and satisfactory if necessary.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.032. State Records

Sec. 191.032.  STATE RECORDS.  (a)  The state registrar shall arrange, bind, and permanently preserve birth, death, and fetal death certificates in a systematic manner.(b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0540, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.033. Addenda

Sec. 191.033.  ADDENDA.  (a)  The state registrar may attach to the original record an addendum that sets out any information received by the state registrar that may contradict the information in a birth, death, or fetal death record required to be maintained in the vital statistics unit.(b)  If the state registrar attaches an addendum to an original record, the state registrar shall instruct the local registration official in whose jurisdiction the birth, death, or fetal death occurred to attach an identical addendum to any duplicate of the record in the official's custody.(c)  In this section, "local registration official" means a county clerk or a person authorized by this title to maintain a duplicate system of records for each birth, death, or fetal death that occurs in the person's jurisdiction.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0541, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.034. Notation of Death on Birth Certificate

Sec. 191.034.  NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  (a)  On receipt of the death certificate of a person whose birth is registered in this state, the state registrar shall conspicuously note the person's date of death on the person's birth certificate.(b)  The state registrar shall notify the county clerk of the county in which the person was born and the local registrar of the registration district in which the person was born of the person's death.  On receipt of the notification of death, the county clerk or local registrar shall conspicuously note the person's date of death on the person's birth certificate.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1067 (H.B. 3253), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths|Section 191.036. Spanish Surname Information

Sec. 191.036.  SPANISH SURNAME INFORMATION.  (a)  The purpose of this section is to:(1)  enable this state to participate in a study being conducted by a group of southwestern states to obtain information about the birth rates and mortality patterns of persons with Spanish surnames;  and(2)  implement recommendations made by the National Center for Health Statistics for improved methods of maintaining vital statistics.(b)  In the next official revision of the prescribed forms for birth and fetal death certificates, the department shall include the following questions and instructions:(1)  Is the father of Spanish origin?(2)  If yes, specify Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc.(3)  Is the mother of Spanish origin?(4)  If yes, specify Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc.(c)  In the next official revision of the prescribed forms for death certificates, the department shall include the following questions and instructions:(1)  Was the decedent of Spanish origin?(2)  If yes, specify Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter C. Copies of Records|Section 191.051. Certified Copies

Sec. 191.051.  CERTIFIED COPIES.  (a)  Subject to department rules controlling the accessibility of vital records, the state registrar shall supply to a properly qualified applicant, on request, a certified copy of a record, or part of a record, of a birth, death, or fetal death registered under this title.(b)  A certified copy issued under this subsection may be issued only in the form approved by the department.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0542, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter C. Copies of Records|Section 191.052. Certified Copy as Evidence

Sec. 191.052.  CERTIFIED COPY AS EVIDENCE.  A copy of a birth, death, or fetal death record registered under this title that is certified by the state registrar is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the record.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter C. Copies of Records|Section 191.056. Copies Collected by National Agency

Sec. 191.056.  COPIES COLLECTED BY NATIONAL AGENCY.  (a)  The national agency in charge of the collection of vital statistics may obtain, without expense to the state, transcripts of vital records without payment of the fees prescribed by this chapter.(b)  The department may contract with the national agency to have copies of vital records that are filed with the vital statistics unit transcribed for that agency.(c)  The state registrar may act as special agent for the national agency to accept the use of the franking privilege and forms furnished by the national agency.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0543, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter C. Copies of Records|Section 191.057. Records With Addenda

Sec. 191.057.  RECORDS WITH ADDENDA.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Copy" means a reproduction of a record made by any means.(2)  "Local registration official" means a county clerk or a person authorized by this title to maintain a duplicate system of records for each birth, death, or fetal death that occurs in the person's jurisdiction.(b)  If the vital statistics unit or any local registration official receives an application for a certified copy of a birth, death, or fetal death record to which an addendum has been attached under Section 191.033, the application shall be sent immediately to the state registrar.  After examining the application, the original record, and the addendum, the state registrar may refuse to issue a certified copy of the record or part of the record to the applicant.(c)  If the state registrar refuses to issue the certified copy:(1)  the state registrar shall notify the applicant of the refusal and the reason for the refusal not later than the 10th day after the date on which the state registrar receives the application;  and(2)  the department shall give the applicant an opportunity for a hearing.(d)  After the hearing, the state registrar shall notify the local officials who have duplicates of the questioned record of the department's final decision.  The department may order the officials to issue or refuse to issue certified copies of the record.(e)  A duty imposed on or a power granted to the state registrar under this section may be performed or exercised by a designee of the state registrar.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0544, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter D. Access to Records|Section 191.071. Criminal Background Check Required

Sec. 191.071.  CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED.  (a)  A person may not access vital records maintained by the department under this chapter and may not access the department's vital records electronic registration system unless the department, or another person acting on behalf of the department, has conducted a fingerprint-based criminal background check, using state and federal databases, on the person in accordance with department policy and the person's record is satisfactory as determined under department policy.(b)  The department may adopt a policy waiving the requirement of a fingerprint-based background check for a person who previously submitted to a fingerprint-based background check as a condition of licensure by a state agency.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 5.03, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.001. Registration Required

Sec. 192.001.  REGISTRATION REQUIRED.  The birth of each child born in this state shall be registered.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.002. Form of Birth Certificate

Sec. 192.002.  FORM OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department shall prescribe the form and contents of the birth certificate.(b)  The section of the birth certificate entitled "For Medical and Health Use Only" is not part of the legal birth certificate.  Information held by the department under that section of the certificate is confidential.  That information may not be released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except that release may be made for statistical purposes only so that no person, patient, or facility is identified, or to medical personnel of a health care entity, as that term is defined in Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, or to a faculty member at a medical school, as that term is defined in Section 61.501, Education Code, for statistical or medical research, or to appropriate state or federal agencies for statistical research.  The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subsection.(c)  The form must include a space for recording the social security numbers of the mother and father and the signatures of the biological mother and biological father.  These social security numbers and signatures are not a part of the legal birth certificate, shall be made available to the agency administering the state's plan under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.), and may not be used or disseminated for any purpose other than the establishment and the enforcement of child support orders.(d)  The social security numbers of the mother and father recorded on the form shall be made available to the United States Social Security Administration.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 7;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.785, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1067 (H.B. 3253), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0545, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.0021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.0021. Heirloom Birth Certificate

Sec. 192.0021.  HEIRLOOM BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department shall promote and sell copies of an heirloom birth certificate.  The department shall solicit donated designs for the certificate from Texas artists and select the best donated designs for the form of the certificate.  An heirloom birth certificate must contain the same information as, and have the same effect of, a certified copy of another birth record.  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe a fee for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate in an amount that does not exceed $50.  The heirloom birth certificate must be printed on high-quality paper with the appearance of parchment not smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches.(b)  The department shall deposit 50 percent of the proceeds from the sale of heirloom birth certificates to the credit of the childhood immunization account and the other 50 percent to the credit of the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund.  The childhood immunization account is an account in the general revenue fund.  Money in the account may be used only by the department for:(1)  making grants to fund childhood immunizations and related education programs; and(2)  administering this section.(c)  The department may sell an heirloom birth certificate only for an individual born in this state.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 941, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1265 (H.B. 2101), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0546, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.0022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.0022. Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth

Sec. 192.0022.  CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Stillbirth" means an unintended, intrauterine fetal death occurring in this state after a gestational age of not less than 20 completed weeks.(2)  "Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth" means a birth certificate issued to record the birth of a stillborn child.(b)  The person who is required to file a fetal death certificate under Section 193.002 shall advise the parent or parents of a stillborn child:(1)  that a parent may, but is not required to, request the preparation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth;(2)  that a parent may obtain a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth by contacting the vital statistics unit to request the certificate and paying the required fee; and(3)  regarding the way or ways in which a parent may contact the vital statistics unit to request the certificate.(c)  A parent may provide a name for a stillborn child on the request for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.  If the requesting parent does not wish to provide a name, the vital statistics unit shall fill in the certificate with the name "baby boy" or "baby girl" and the last name of the parent.  The name of the stillborn child provided on or later added by amendment to the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be the same name as placed on the original or amended fetal death certificate.(d)  A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must include the state file number of the corresponding fetal death certificate.(e)  The department shall prescribe the form and content of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth and shall specify the information necessary to prepare the certificate.(f)  The department may not use a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to calculate live birth statistics.(g)  On issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to a parent who has requested the certificate as provided by this section, the vital statistics unit shall file an exact copy of the certificate with the local registrar of the registration district in which the stillbirth occurred.  The local registrar shall file the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth with the fetal death certificate.(h)  A parent may request the vital statistics unit to issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth without regard to the date on which the fetal death certificate was issued.(i)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 276 (S.B. 271), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0547, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.003. Birth Certificate Filed or Birth Reported

Sec. 192.003.  BIRTH CERTIFICATE FILED OR BIRTH REPORTED.  (a)  The physician, midwife, or person acting as a midwife in attendance at a birth shall file the birth certificate with the local registrar of the registration district in which the birth occurs.(b)  If a birth occurs in a hospital or birthing center, the hospital administrator, the birthing center administrator, or a designee of the appropriate administrator may file the birth certificate in lieu of a person listed by Subsection (a).(c)  If there is no physician, midwife, or person acting as a midwife in attendance at a birth and if the birth does not occur in a hospital or birthing center, the following in the order listed shall report the birth to the local registrar:(1)  the father or mother of the child;  or(2)  the owner or householder of the premises where the birth occurs.(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person required to file a birth certificate or report a birth shall file the certificate or make the report not later than the fifth day after the date of the birth.(e)  Based on a parent's religious beliefs, a parent may request that a person required to file a birth certificate or report a birth delay filing the certificate or making the report until the parent contacts the person with the child's name.  If a parent does not name the child before the fifth day after the date of the birth due to the parent's religious beliefs, the parent must contact the person required to file the birth certificate or report the birth with the name of the child as soon as the child is named.  A person required to file the birth certificate or report the birth who delays filing the certificate or making the report in accordance with the parent's request shall file the certificate or make the report not later than the 15th day after the date of the child's birth.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 519, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(21), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 124, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 81, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 68 (H.B. 1604), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.0031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.0031. Information of Birth to School-Age Mother

Sec. 192.0031.  INFORMATION OF BIRTH TO SCHOOL-AGE MOTHER.  (a)  Notwithstanding Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, the department shall notify the commissioner of education of each birth to a school-age mother.  The commissioner may notify the school district in which a school-age mother resides of each birth to a school-age mother.(b)  The department may not notify the commissioner of a birth to a school-age mother if:(1)  the child died at birth;  or(2)  the child was placed for adoption.(c)  A notification under this section must include the name and address of the mother, the father, if the father is of school age and is named on the birth certificate, and the person born.  Reports under this section shall be sent at least quarterly.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 907, Sec. 6, eff. June 19, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(101), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 192.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions|Section 192.004. Information Obtained by Local Registrar

Sec. 192.004.  INFORMATION OBTAINED BY LOCAL REGISTRAR.  (a)  The local registrar shall obtain the information necessary to prepare the birth certificate from the person reporting a birth or from another person with the required knowledge if:(1)  the birth is reported under Section 192.003(c);  or(2)  a person who files a certificate under Section 192.003(a) or 192.003(b) cannot by diligent inquiry obtain an item of information required for the certificate.(b)  A person from whom a local registrar requests necessary information shall answer correctly to the best of the person's knowledge.  On request of the local registrar, a person who makes a statement under this section shall verify the statement by signing it.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|