82R1416 EES-D
By: Nelson S.B. No. 229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to birthing facilities required to offer newborn hearing
screenings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Birthing facility" means:
(A) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that
offers obstetrical services [and is located in a county with a
population of more than 50,000]; or
(B) a birthing center licensed under Chapter 244
[that is located in a county with a population of more than 50,000
and that has 100 or more births per year].
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 47.001(2), Health and
Safety Code, as amended by this Act, the change in law made by this
Act applies only to a birth admission at a birthing facility on or
after September 1, 2012.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.