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Tex. Fam. Code § 262.3025

NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE

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

(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.

(c) A designated emergency infant care provider that places a newborn safety device in the provider's facilities shall develop procedures to regularly verify that the device's alarm system is in working order.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.