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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to birthing facilities required to offer newborn hearing |
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screenings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 47.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Birthing facility" means: |
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(A) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that |
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offers obstetrical services [and is located in a county with a
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population of more than 50,000]; or |
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(B) a birthing center licensed under Chapter 244 |
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[that is located in a county with a population of more than 50,000
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and that has 100 or more births per year]. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 47.001(2), Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by this Act, the change in law made by this |
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Act applies only to a birth admission at a birthing facility on or |
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after September 1, 2012. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |