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CHAPTER 696
S.B. No. 316
1 AN ACT
2 relating to information provided to parents of newborn children.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. Subchapter R, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
5 Code, as added by Chapter 1011, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
6 Regular Session, 2003, is redesignated as Subchapter T, Chapter
7 161, Health and Safety Code, and amended to read as follows:
8 SUBCHAPTER T [R]. []PARENTINC AND POSTPARTUM COU'SLING]
9 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF NEWBORN CHILDREN
10 Sec. 161.501 [4-I--4]. RESOURCE PAMPHLET [--S8]. (a) A
11 hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife, or midwife who
12 provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during gestation or at
13 delivery of an infant shall:
14 (1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
15 possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
16 resource pamphlet that includes:
17 (A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
18 numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
19 counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
20 depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
21 parenting;
22 (B) information regarding the prevention of
23 shaken baby syndrome including:
24 (i) techniques for coping with anger caused1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 316, Chapter 696, legislative document, June 17, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth157730/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.