{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.010","heading":"DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS.","body":"(a) A hospital shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of a human body.\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and consistent with hospital policy.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (H.B. 635), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","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#241.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6482cf2161009cc9c42eabc75bdc4049d35a2e8ca2ed518ad1a31445b1a81d96","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}