Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 161.755 — HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DUTIES ON DIAGNOSIS OF UNBORN CHILD'S LIFE-THREATENING OR LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS OR MEDICAL CONDITION

HS § 161.755Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Art. Z. PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE

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A health care provider who diagnoses a pregnant woman's unborn child as having a life-threatening or life-limiting illness or medical condition shall, at the time of the diagnosis:

(1)provide the pregnant woman with a written copy of:

(A)the perinatal palliative care informational materials and list of the perinatal palliative care providers and programs described by Section 161.753; and

(B)the perinatal palliative care certification form described by Section 161.754; and

(2)obtain from the pregnant woman the signed perinatal palliative care certification form and place the form in the pregnant woman's medical records.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 808 (S.B. 1233), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.