Tex. Health & Safety Code § 241.010 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A hospital shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of a human body.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and consistent with hospital policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (H.B. 635), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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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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