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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.681: NOTICE FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY OR RADIATION.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER X. INFORMATION REGARDING RISK OF IMPAIRED FERTILITY FROM CANCER TREATMENTS

(a) A health care facility at which a child will begin receiving chemotherapy or radiation that may directly or indirectly cause impaired fertility must, before the treatment begins, notify the child's parents or legal guardians of the risk of impaired fertility from treatment.

(b) The department shall develop and make available a written notice for a health care facility to use for purposes of this section.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 819 (H.B. 1649), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

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