88R12893 BDP-F
By: Garcia, Gervin-Hawkins, Campos, Lujan, H.B. No. 2898
Allison
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.