Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 173.005. DONATION BY AUTHORIZED FACILITY. (a) Only an authorized facility may donate human fetal tissue. An authorized facility may donate human fetal tissue only to an accredited public or private institution of higher education for use in research approved by an institutio…

Sec. 173.006. INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED. An authorized facility may not donate human fetal tissue under this chapter unless the facility has obtained the written, voluntary, and informed consent of the woman from whose pregnancy the fetal tissue is obtained. The consent must be p…

Sec. 173.007. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) offers a woman monetary or other consideration to: (A) have an abortion for the purpose of donating human fetal tissue; or (B) consent to the donation of human fetal tissue; or (2) knowingly or int…

Sec. 173.008. RECORD RETENTION. Unless another law requires a longer period of record retention, an authorized facility may not dispose of any medical record relating to a woman who consents to the donation of human fetal tissue before: (1) the seventh anniversary of the date con…

Sec. 173.009. ANNUAL REPORT. An authorized facility that donates human fetal tissue under this chapter shall submit an annual report to the department that includes for each donation: (1) the specific type of fetal tissue donated; and (2) the accredited public or private institut…