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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 674.001 Definitions
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Sec. 674.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Decedent" means: (A) a person for whom a fetal death certificate must be filed; or (B) a deceased infant. (2) "Fetal death certificate" means a death certificate filed for any fetus weighing 350 grams or more or, if the weight is u…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 674.002 Review Team
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Sec. 674.002. REVIEW TEAM. (a) A fetal and infant mortality review team may be established only: (1) by a local health authority or other local health official or by the Department of State Health Services; or (2) under a contract or in accordance with a memorandum of agreement w…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 674.003 Purpose and Powers and Duties of Review Team
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Sec. 674.003. PURPOSE AND POWERS AND DUTIES OF REVIEW TEAM. (a) The purpose of a review team is to: (1) improve the health and well-being of women, infants, and families; (2) reduce racial disparities in the rates of and the overall rates of fetal and infant mortality; (3) facili…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 674.004 Governmental Unit
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Sec. 674.004. GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. A review team is a governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. A review team is a unit of local government under that chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 488 (S.B. 143), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, …