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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Senate Bill 56 requires blood banks and hospitals to accommodate physician-ordered autologous and direct blood donations
Last action · August 28, 2025: FiledSponsors: Bob Hall and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas blood banks and licensed hospitals must comply with physician orders for autologous or s, allowing patients to provide their own blood or designated donor blood for upcoming medical procedures.
Patients undergoing scheduled procedures gain a statutory right to use their own blood or directed donations when prescribed by a physician, altering hospital and blood bank intake protocols.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Patients
Individuals undergoing medical procedures gain the right to have hospitals and blood banks process their physician-ordered autologous or direct blood donations.
Hospitals
Licensed hospitals that facilitate blood donations must allow patients to provide physician-ordered autologous or direct blood donations.
Blood Banks
Blood banks must comply with physician orders for autologous or direct blood donations and are permitted to charge reasonable administrative fees.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an autologous or direct blood donation?
Can blood banks charge for processing these donations under the bill?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Aug 28, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
- Aug 28, 2025SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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