Texas § HS.161.753 - PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

§ HS.161.753. PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) The commission, in collaboration with the department and the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council established under Chapter 118 , shall develop perinatal palliative care informational materials and post the materials on the commission's Internet website. The materials must include: (1) a description of the health care and other services available through perinatal palliative care; and (2) information about medical assistance benefits that may be available for prenatal care, childbirth, and perinatal palliative care. (b) The commission shall develop, regularly update, and publish a geographically indexed list of perinatal palliative care providers and programs in this state. The list must include the name, physical address, and phone number of each provider or program. The commission may include perinatal palliative care providers and programs in other states that provide care to residents of this state but may not include an abortion provider, as defined by Section 171.002 , or an affiliate, as defined by Section 2273.001 , Government Code, of an abortion provider unless the provider or affiliate performs abortions only during a medical emergency as defined by Section 171.002 . (c) The commission shall post on the commission's Internet website the list of perinatal palliative care providers and programs, including the contact information, and note the providers and programs that provide services free of charge. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 808 (S.B. 1233 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.