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Senate Bill 316 |
Senate Author: Lucio |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Solis |
Senate Bill 316 amends the Health and Safety Code to expand the information relating to childbirth and parenting that is required to be provided to mothers of newborn children to include postpartum depression, shaken baby syndrome, immunizations, and newborn screening. It specifies that the information must also be provided to the father or can be provided to another adult caregiver and sets out additional duties of the Department of State Health Services relating to making the information available.