Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.151 — County served by justice of the peace: notice and report of death occurring in institution
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 49A: DEATH INQUESTS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amendment pending: a new version of this section takes effect Thu Apr 01 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.151
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) For the purposes of this article, "institution" does not include a hospital. (b) A superintendent or general manager of an institution who is required by Article 49A.053 to report to a justice of the peace the death of a person under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution shall: (1) within 24 hours after the death of a person, notify the office of the attorney general of the person's death; and (2) within 72 hours after the death of a person, prepare and submit to the office of the attorney general a report containing all facts relevant to the person's death. (c) The superintendent or general manager shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to a person's death and to include those facts in the report submitted under Subsection (b)(2). (d) The office of the attorney general may investigate each death reported to the office by an institution that receives payments through the medical assistance program under Chapter 32 , Human Resources Code. (e) Subject to Subsection (f), the office of the attorney general shall make a report submitted under Subsection (b)(2) available to any interested person who submits a written request for access to the report. (f) The office of the attorney general may deny a person access to the report or part of the report if the office determines that the report or part of the report is: (1) privileged from discovery; or (2) exempt from required public disclosure under Chapter 552 , Government Code.
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