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Horrified Texas lawmakers demand crackdown on body broker industry
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NBC News investigation exposed how a Texas university took unclaimed bodies from local morgues and leased them to training facilities and medical device companies without telling the dead people’s families.
Sen. Tan Parker presented a pair of bills that would prohibit the activity and impose wider industry regulations, with jail terms for serious violations.
Some Texas lawmakers say body brokers should not be allowed to operate in the state.
Some lawmakers say new regulations could lead to a drop in body donations.
Body broker companies say they don't work with unclaimed bodies.
A hearing also included testimony from body broker companies who said they did not work with bodies.
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