{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-173.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 173.005","heading":"DONATION BY AUTHORIZED FACILITY.","body":"(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 institutional review board or another appropriate board, committee, or body charged with oversight applicable to the research.\n(b) An authorized facility may not donate human fetal tissue obtained from an elective abortion.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 173. DONATION OF HUMAN FETAL TISSUE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.173.htm#173.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"0bcf89022798a0b2bb8915ac13233d997ce3b5837012af4a9f30e63dd0dbad09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-173.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-173.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}