(a) This chapter may not be used to require or authorize
disclosure of confidential information, including personally identifiable
or personally sensitive information, not permitted to be disclosed
by state or federal privacy or confidentiality laws.
(b) This chapter does not require the issuance of a
birth or death certificate or a burial transit permit for the proper
disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains from health care
facilities.
(c) This chapter does not extend or modify requirements
of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapters 711 and 716, or Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 651, to disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.
(d) This chapter applies to embryonic and fetal tissue
remains from health care facilities.
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