88R12893 BDP-F
 
  By: Garcia H.B. No. 2898
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of preventable death of a child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 264.501(8), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (8)  "Preventable death" means a death that may have
  been prevented by reasonable medical, social, legal,
  psychological, or educational intervention. The term includes the
  death of a child from:
                     (A)  intentional or unintentional injuries;
                     (B)  medical neglect;
                     (C)  lack of access to medical care;
                     (D)  neglect and reckless conduct, including
  failure to supervise and failure to seek medical care; [and]
                     (E)  premature birth associated with any factor
  described by Paragraphs (A) through (D); and 
                     (F)  suicide.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.