Tex. Fam. Code § 262.3025 · Subchapter D. EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN
NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 780), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm
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