Tex. Human Resources Code Section 80.003
Children Born to Imprisoned Women

(a)

The department shall provide medical care for a child born to a woman who, at the time of giving birth, is imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if there is no other source of payment for the medical care.

(b)

In this section, “medical care” means the care relating to childbirth and the period of the child’s hospitalization immediately following the birth or rehospitalization in the first 28 days of life.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 80.002 by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 12, Sec. 2(15), eff. Sept. 6, 1990.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.116, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 80.003 — Children Born to Imprisoned Women, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.­80.­htm#80.­003 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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