{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-697.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 697.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to express the state's profound respect for the life of the unborn by providing for a dignified disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","CHAPTER 697. DISPOSITION OF EMBRYONIC AND FETAL TISSUE REMAINS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.697.htm#697.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f6b40992b9dd5b84ce7e1d44e1006ed81ee977581a24d19192601d18f6e1e2c2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-696.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-697.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}