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TX Health & Safety Code § 191.0047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.0047. Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services

Sec. 191.0047.  BIRTH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.  (a)  The department shall implement an efficient and effective method to verify birth information or provide a certified copy of a birth record necessary to provide services for the benefit of a minor being served by the Department of Family and Protective Services.(b)  The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Family and Protective Services to implement this section.  Subject to Subsection (c), the terms of the memorandum of understanding must include methods for reimbursing the department in an amount that is not more than the actual costs the department incurs in verifying the birth information or providing the birth record to the Department of Family and Protective Services.(c)  The department may not collect a fee or other amount for verification of birth information or provision of a certified copy of the birth record under Subsection (a) for a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services if parental rights to the child have been terminated and the child is eligible for adoption.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 703), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0533, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.0048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.0048. Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program

Sec. 191.0048.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO TEXAS HOME VISITING PROGRAM.  (a)  A person requesting a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record may make a voluntary contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission.(b)  On each paper or electronic application form for a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record, the department shall include a printed box for the applicant to check indicating that the applicant wishes to make a voluntary contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission.(c)  Notwithstanding Section 191.0045, a local registrar or county clerk may collect the additional voluntary contribution under this section.(d)  Notwithstanding Section 191.005, the local registrar or county clerk who collects the voluntary contribution under this section shall send the voluntary contribution to the comptroller, who shall deposit the voluntary contribution in the Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund under Section 531.287, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 820 (S.B. 1836), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0534, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.0049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.0049. Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth

Sec. 191.0049.  BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH OR HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH.  On request of a child or youth described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a certified copy of the child's or youth's birth record to:(1)  a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a;(2)  a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services; and(3)  a young adult who:(A)  is at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years of age; and(B)  resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1024 (H.B. 123), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.00491 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.00491. Birth Record Issued to Victims and Children of Victims of Dating or Family Violence

Sec. 191.00491.  BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.  On request of an individual described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without payment of a fee, a certified copy of the individual's birth record to:(1)  a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code;(2)  a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or(3)  a child of a victim described by Subdivision (1) or (2).|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 798), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.005. Vital Statistics Account

Sec. 191.005.  VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT.  (a)  The vital statistics account is an account in the general revenue fund in the state treasury.(b)  The legislature shall make appropriations to the department from the vital statistics account to be used to defray expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of the system of vital statistics.(c)  All fees collected by the department under this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the vital statistics account.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0535, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.006. Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions

Sec. 191.006.  RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS.  (a)  This section applies to each public or private hospital, almshouse, or other institution to which persons are committed by process of law or voluntarily enter for treatment of disease or for confinement.(b)  When a person is admitted to the institution, the superintendent, manager, or other person in charge of the institution shall record, in the manner directed by the state registrar, the admitted person's personal and statistical data required by certificate forms under this title.  If the person is admitted for the treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify for the record the nature of the disease and where, in the physician's opinion, the disease was contracted.(c)  The personal information required under Subsection (b) shall be obtained:(1)  from the person admitted to the institution, if practicable;  or(2)  from the person's relatives or friends or from other persons acquainted with the facts, in as complete a manner as possible, if the information cannot be obtained from the person admitted to the institution.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.007. Regulation by Certain Municipalities

Sec. 191.007.  REGULATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:(1)  regulate the registration of marriages;  and(2)  direct the return and maintenance of bills of mortality.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.008. Sorting Collected Data

Sec. 191.008.  SORTING COLLECTED DATA.  (a)  The department shall compile the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths collected under this chapter and organize the results, to the extent possible, according to the following geographic areas:(1)  the Texas-Mexico border region;(2)  each public health region;(3)  rural areas;(4)  urban areas;(5)  each county; and(6)  the state.(b)  The department may release the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths in accordance with the way it is compiled under this section.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1034 (H.B. 1126), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.009. Use of Diacritical Marks

Sec. 191.009.  USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.  (a)  In this section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears.  The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.(b)  The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics record issued under this title properly records any diacritical mark used in a person's name.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 1823), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 191.010. Death Information for Department of Public Safety

Sec. 191.010.  DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  (a)  The department shall implement an efficient and effective method to verify death information to assist the Department of Public Safety with maintaining records of holders of driver's licenses and personal identification certificates in this state.(b)  The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Public Safety to implement this section.  The memorandum of understanding must include a mechanism for the department to provide to the Department of Public Safety death information that includes unique identifiers, including social security numbers, necessary to accurately match death records with driver's license and personal identification certificate records.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 737 (S.B. 1205), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 191.009 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(36), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.021 (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 191.021. Registration Districts

Sec. 191.021.  REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.  (a)  The state is divided into registration districts for the purposes of registering births, deaths, and fetal deaths.  The registration districts are:(1)  each justice of the peace precinct;  and(2)  each municipality with a population of 2,500 or more.(b)  To facilitate registration, the department may combine or divide registration districts.|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. 3.0536, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.022 (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 191.022. Local Registrars

Sec. 191.022.  LOCAL REGISTRARS.  (a)  The justice of the peace is the local registrar of births and deaths in a justice of the peace precinct.  However, the duty of registering births and deaths may be transferred to the county clerk if the justice of the peace and the county clerk agree in writing and the agreement is ratified by the commissioners court.(b)  The municipal clerk or secretary is the local registrar of births and deaths in a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more.(c)  Each local registrar shall appoint a deputy registrar so that a registrar will be available at all times for the registration of births and deaths.(d)  The local registrar shall sign each report made to the department.(e)  If a local registrar fails or refuses to register each birth and death in the district or neglects duties under this title, the county judge or the mayor, as appropriate, shall appoint a new local registrar and shall send the name and mailing address of the appointee to the state registrar.(f)  A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of that fee to the comptroller.(g)  Each local registrar shall annually submit a self-assessment report to the state registrar.  The department shall prescribe the information that must be included in the report to allow a thorough desk audit of a local registrar.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 263 (H.B. 2962), Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0537, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 5.02, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.023 (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 191.023. Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records

Sec. 191.023.  CONSOLIDATION OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS.  (a)  The duties imposed by law relating to the maintenance of birth and death records of a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more may be transferred to the county in which the municipality is located, as provided by this section.(b)  If the commissioners court adopts a resolution to transfer the duties and the governing body of the municipality subsequently adopts a concurring resolution, the county and municipality shall agree on a timetable for the transfer and shall execute the transfer in an orderly fashion.(c)  Before a commissioners court may adopt a resolution under Subsection (b), the official to whom the duties would be transferred must attest in writing that the official has sufficient resources and finances to assume those duties.(d)  If the governing body of a municipality does not adopt a concurring resolution before the 91st day after the date on which a county adopts a resolution under Subsection (b), a petition by the qualified voters of the municipality may serve as the equivalent of a concurring resolution under Subsection (b).  The petition must succinctly describe the intention to consolidate county and municipal maintenance of birth and death records and must be signed by a number of qualified voters equal to at least 20 percent of the number of qualified voters voting in the most recent mayoral election.(e)  A consolidation under this section affects only the county and the municipality to which the resolutions apply.  This section does not affect the apportionment of registration districts under Section 191.021.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.024 (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 191.024. Reports of Information

Sec. 191.024.  REPORTS OF INFORMATION.  (a)  On the state registrar's demand, a person, including a local registrar, physician, midwife, or funeral director, who has information relating to a birth, death, or fetal death shall supply the information to the state registrar in person, by mail, or through the local registrar.  The person shall supply the information on a form provided by the department or on the original certificate.(b)  An organization or individual who has a record of births or deaths that may be useful to establish the genealogy of a resident of this state may file the record or a duly authenticated transcript of the record with the state registrar.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 302 (H.B. 2061), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.025 (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 191.025. Record Books and Certificates

Sec. 191.025.  RECORD BOOKS AND CERTIFICATES.  (a)  Forms for the registration of births, deaths, and fetal deaths must be approved by the department.(b)  A municipality shall supply its local registrar, and each county shall supply the county clerk, with permanent record books for recording the births, deaths, and fetal deaths occurring in their respective jurisdictions.  The record books must be in forms approved by the state registrar.(c)  A local registrar shall supply forms of certificates to persons who need them.  The executive commissioner shall establish and promulgate rules for strict accountability of birth certificates to prevent birth certificate fraud.(d)  Information required on a certificate must be written legibly in durable blue or black ink or may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.(e)  A certificate must contain each item of information required on the certificate or a satisfactory reason for omitting the item.(f)  The department shall require that the form for the registration of deaths must include the question, "Was the decedent a peace officer or an honorably retired peace officer in this state?".|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 15, Sec. 5.14, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 1, eff. April 25, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 476, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2769), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0538, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.026 (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 191.026. Local Records

Sec. 191.026.  LOCAL RECORDS.  (a)  The local registrar shall secure a complete record of each birth, death, and fetal death that occurs in the local registrar's jurisdiction.(b)  The local registrar shall consecutively number birth and death certificates in separate series, beginning with the number "1" for the first birth and the first death in each calendar year.  The local registrar shall sign each certificate to attest to the date the certificate is filed in the local registrar's office.(c)  The local registrar shall copy in the record book required under Section 191.025 each certificate that the local registrar registers, unless the local registrar keeps duplicates under Subsection (d) or makes photographic duplications as authorized by Chapter 201, Local Government Code, or the provisions of Chapter 204, Local Government Code, derived from former Chapter 181, Local Government Code.  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the copies shall be permanently preserved in the local registrar's office as the local record, in the manner directed by the state registrar.(d)  The local registrar may permanently bind duplicate reports of births and deaths, if the duplicates are required by local ordinance, and index them in the manner that the state registrar indexes records under Section 191.032.(e)  The local registrar may, after the first anniversary of the date of registration of a birth, death, or fetal death, destroy the permanent record of the birth, death, or fetal death maintained by the local registrar if:(1)  the local registrar has access to electronic records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths maintained by the vital statistics unit; and(2)  before destroying the records, the local registrar certifies to the state registrar that each record maintained by the local office that is to be destroyed has been verified against the records contained in the unit's database and that each record is included in the database or otherwise accounted for.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 74th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 2, eff. April 25, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0539, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.027 (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 191.027. Review of Certificate by Local Registrar

Sec. 191.027.  REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE BY LOCAL REGISTRAR.  (a)  The local registrar shall carefully examine each birth or death certificate when presented for registration to determine if it is completed as required by this title and by the state registrar's instructions.(b)  If a death certificate is incomplete or unsatisfactory, the local registrar shall call attention to the defects in the return.(c)  If a birth certificate is incomplete, the local registrar shall immediately notify the informant and require the informant to supply the missing information if it can be obtained.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 191.028 (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 191.028. Amendment of Certificate

Sec. 191.028.  AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  A record of a birth, death, or fetal death accepted by a local registrar for registration may not be changed except as provided by Subsection (b).(b)  An amending certificate may be filed to complete or correct a record that is incomplete or proved by satisfactory evidence to be inaccurate.  The amendment must be in a form prescribed by the department.  The amendment shall be attached to and become a part of the legal record of the birth, death, or fetal death if the amendment is accepted for filing, except as provided by Section 192.011(b).(c)  Not later than the 30th business day after the date the department receives an amending certificate, the department shall notify the individual of whether the amendment has been accepted for filing.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 703), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|