Section 262.3025 - Newborn Safety Device(a) A designated emergency infant care provider may place a newborn safety device inside the provider's facilities to take possession of a child under Section 262.302. (b) A newborn safety device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider must: (1) be physically located: (A) inside a facility that is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the provider; and (B) in an area conspicuous and visible to the employees of the provider; and (2) contain an alarm system connected to the device to audibly notify an employee of the provider that a child has been placed in the device. (c) A designated emergency infant care provider that places a newborn safety device in the provider's facilities shall develop procedures to regularly verify that the device's alarm system is in working order. Tex. Fam. Code § 262.3025
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1143,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2023.