{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.008","heading":"INDUCED DELIVERIES OR CESAREAN SECTIONS BEFORE 39TH WEEK.","body":"A hospital that provides obstetrical services shall collaborate with physicians providing services at the hospital to develop quality initiatives to reduce the number of elective or nonmedically indicated induced deliveries or cesarean sections performed at the hospital on a woman before the 39th week of gestation.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 299 (H.B. 1983), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.\nRedesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 241.007 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(25), eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 241. HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.htm#241.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f45aacd41a9e1629d2df6cfd613db97a0936c4e3c162cca2ae3c9f977d1859db","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}