Tex. Health & Safety Code § 241.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INDUCED DELIVERIES OR CESAREAN SECTIONS BEFORE 39TH WEEK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A hospital that provides obstetrical services shall collaborate with physicians providing services at the hospital to develop quality initiatives to reduce the number of elective or nonmedically indicated induced deliveries or cesarean sections performed at the hospital on a woman before the 39th week of gestation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 299 (H.B. 1983), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 241.007 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(25), eff. September 1, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.htm
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