The purpose of these sections is to establish the procedures and standards for the implementation of a statewide system for perinatal health care that fosters:
(1) safe, quality, risk-appropriate perinatal care for women and for their infants;(2) continuity and comprehensiveness of care;(3) optimal and cost-effective utilization of perinatal personnel and facilities; and(4) access for women to health promotion and health education from preconception through the postpartum period, and parenting information through the first year of their infants' lives.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 37.251
The provisions of this §37.251 adopted to be effective July 18, 1999, 24 TexReg 5196