Tennessee § 68-1-802 - Development of plan for perinatal care.
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§ 68-1-802. Development of plan for perinatal care.
The department is directed to develop a plan to establish a program for the diagnosis and treatment of certain life-threatening conditions present in the perinatal period. The program shall assist pregnant women and their fetuses and newborn infants by developing a regionalized system of care, including highly specialized personnel, equipment, and techniques, that will decrease the existing high mortality rate, neonatal death rate, pre-term birth rate, and the lifelong disabilities that currently prevail in surviving newborn infants. No programs shall be planned except those that are specifically funded by appropriations in the annual budget. Acts 1974, ch. 645, § 2; 1977, ch. 327, § 2; T.C.A., § 53-128; Acts 2019, ch. 240, § 1. Amendments. The 2019 amendment, in (b), added a comma following “equipment” and substituted “high mortality rate, neonatal death rate, pre-term birth rate, and the lifelong disabilities” for “high mortality rate and the life-long disabilities”. Effective Dates. Acts 2019, ch. 240, § 5. April 30, 2019. Cross-References. Genetic testing, title 68, ch. 5, part 5. Newborn testing and metabolic defects, title 68, ch. 5, part 4. Law Reviews. A Critical Survey of Developments in Tennessee Family Law in 1976-77, VII. Protection of Minors (Neil P. Cohen), 45 Tenn. L. Rev. 489.
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