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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.755

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

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

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.

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