By: LaMantia S.B. No. 760     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased   person during an inquest.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          (j)  A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified   technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or   licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body   of a person:                (1)  who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident   if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the   person may have been driving while intoxicated; or                (2)  to aid in the confirmation or determination of the   cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.