Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.0313 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
INDUCED DELIVERIES OR CESAREAN SECTIONS BEFORE 39TH WEEK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall achieve cost savings with improved outcomes by adopting and implementing quality initiatives that are evidence-based, tested, and fully consistent with established standards of clinical care and that are designed to reduce the number of elective or nonmedically indicated induced deliveries or cesarean sections performed at a hospital on a medical assistance recipient before the 39th week of gestation.
(b) The commission shall coordinate with physicians, hospitals, managed care organizations, and the commission's billing contractor for the medical assistance program to develop a process for collecting information regarding the number of induced deliveries and cesarean sections described by Subsection (a) that occur during prescribed periods.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 299 (H.B. 1983), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.105, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.32.htm
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