Tex. Gov't Code § 501.059 · Subchapter B. GENERAL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
SCREENING FOR AND EDUCATION CONCERNING FETAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall establish a screening program to identify female inmates who are:
(1) between the ages of 18 and 44;
(2) sentenced to a term of confinement not to exceed two years; and
(3) at risk for having a pregnancy with alcohol-related complications, including giving birth to a child with alcohol-related birth defects.
(b) The screening program established under Subsection (a) must:
(1) evaluate the family planning practices of each female inmate described by Subsection (a) in relation to the inmate's consumption of alcohol and risk of having a pregnancy with alcohol-related complications;
(2) include an objective screening tool to be used by department employees administering the screening program; and
(3) occur during the diagnostic process or at another time determined by the department.
(c) The department shall provide:
(1) a brief substance abuse intervention to all female inmates identified by the screening program as being at risk for having a pregnancy with alcohol-related complications; and
(2) an educational brochure describing the risks and dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy to all female inmates.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 24, eff. June 15, 2007.
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