Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 173.005
Donation by Authorized Facility

(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.

(b)

An authorized facility may not donate human fetal tissue obtained from an elective abortion.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 173.005 — Donation by Authorized Facility, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­173.­htm#173.­005 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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