Texas § 32.044 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

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§ 32.044 — SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

Texas § 32.044

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 32.044 (2026).

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Sec. 32.044. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

(a)Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have:

(1)a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, and provider education;

(2)access to appropriate emergency medical services;

(3)risk assessment, transport, and transfer protocols for perinatal patients;

(4)one or more health care facilities categorized according to perinatal care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule; and

(5)documentation of broad-based participation in planning by providers of perinatal services and community representatives throughout the defined geographic region.

(b)This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide un

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Sec. 32.044. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have:
(1) a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, and provider education;
(2) access to appropriate emergency medical services;
(3) risk assessment, transport, and transfer protocols for perinatal patients;
(4) one or more health care facilities categorized according to perinatal care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule; and
(5) documentation of broad-based participation in planning by providers of perinatal services and community representatives throughout the defined geographic region.
(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 124, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0094, eff. April 2, 2015.