Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 262.3025: NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE.

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FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD
CHAPTER 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD
SUBCHAPTER D. EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN

(a) A designated emergency infant care provider may place a newborn safety device inside the provider's facilities to take possession of a child under Section 262.302.

(b) A newborn safety device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider must:

(1) be physically located:

(A) inside a facility that is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the provider; and

(B) in an area conspicuous and visible to the employees of the provider; and

(2) contain an alarm system connected to the device to audibly notify an employee of the provider that a child has been placed in the device.

(c) A designated emergency infant care provider that places a newborn safety device in the provider's facilities shall develop procedures to regularly verify that the device's alarm system is in working order.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 780), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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