{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1366.052","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Attending physician\" means an obstetrician, pediatrician, or other physician who attends a woman who has given birth to a child or who attends a newborn child.\n(2) \"Postdelivery care\" means postpartum health care services provided in accordance with accepted maternal and neonatal physical assessments. The term includes parent education, assistance and training in breast-feeding and bottle-feeding, and the performance of any necessary and appropriate clinical tests.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1366. BENEFITS RELATED TO FERTILITY AND CHILDBIRTH","SUBCHAPTER B. MINIMUM INPATIENT STAY FOLLOWING BIRTH OF CHILD AND POSTDELIVERY CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1366.htm#1366.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"81afb7c2cd5938d79f8f7ee53ace59ce14002a3cea543114fd63c34c14299380","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}