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S.B. No. 1696 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to theS.B. No. 406 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) The form must include a space for recording the biological sex of a child as either male or female. SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: (f) Subject to Subsection (g), a person required to file a birth certificate under this section shall ensure the biological sex of a child, as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile of the child, is listed in the appropriate space on the child's birth certificate. A person required t…BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) The form must include a space for recording the biological sex of a person as either male or female. SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: (f) Subject to Subsection (g), a person required to file a birth certificate under this section shall ensure the biological sex of a child, as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile of the child, is listed in the appropriate space on the child's birth certificate. A person required…
unless: (1) the certificate corrects a clerical error on the original birth certificate; (2) the original birth certificate does not list the person's biological sex as required by Section 192.003(f) and the certificate completes the information by listing the person's biological sex; (3) for a person who at birth had atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile for either male or female and whose sex is later determined, the certificate: (A) corrects the biological sex information listed as either male or female on an original birth certificate by listing the person's determined sex as the other biological sex; or (B) completes the biological sex information not pre…unless: (1) the certificate corrects a clerical error on the original birth certificate; (2) the original birth certificate does not list the person's biological sex as required by Section 192.003(f) and the certificate completes the information by listing the person's biological sex; or (3) for a person who at birth had atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile for either male or female and whose sex is later determined, the certificate: (A) corrects the biological sex information listed as either male or female on an original birth certificate by listing the person's determined sex as the other biological sex; or (B) completes the biological sex information not…
SECTION 11. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act. SECTIONSECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act. SECTION