Texas Family Code

§ 262.3025 — NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE

FA § 262.3025Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD · Art. D. EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN

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(a)A designated emergency infant care provider may place a newborn safety device inside the provider's facilities to take possession of a child under Section 262.302.

(b)A newborn safety device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider must:

(1)be physically located:

(A)inside a facility that is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the provider; and

(B)in an area conspicuous and visible to the employees of the provider; and

(2)contain an alarm system connected to the device to audibly notify an employee of the provider that a child has been placed in the device.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 780), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.