S.B. No. 292

	AN ACT
	relating to a request for a waiver of the waiting period before
	human remains may be cremated.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 716.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	(b)  A justice of the peace or medical examiner's office
	authorized to grant a waiver under Subsection (a) shall adopt a
	written policy for requesting a waiver under Subsection (a).  In
	adopting the written policy, the justice of the peace or medical
	examiner's office shall consider how a person makes a request, and
	how the justice of the peace or medical examiner may process the
	request as quickly as possible.  The written policy must outline the
	process of making a request for a waiver under Subsection (a) during
	regular business hours and outside of regular business hours,
	including on a weekend day or holiday.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 292 passed the Senate on
	April 9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 292 passed the House on
	May 19, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor