Tex. Health & Safety Code § 697.001 · Chapter 697. DISPOSITION OF EMBRYONIC AND FETAL TISSUE REMAINS
PURPOSE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The purpose of this chapter is to express the state's profound respect for the life of the unborn by providing for a dignified disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.697.htm
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- sha256 b035aa93913785aea29c79f0f59fabfc4970f654dd7686d8dde5fbe350d249af
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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