Section 1001.241 - Maternal Mortality Reporting and Investigation Information(a) The department shall post on the department's Internet website information regarding the systematic protocol for pregnancy-related death investigations and the best practices for reporting pregnancy-related deaths to the medical examiner or justice of the peace of each county, as applicable.(b) The information provided under Subsection (a) must include guidelines for:(1) determining when a comprehensive toxicology screening should be performed on a person whose death was related to pregnancy;(2) determining when a death should be reported to or investigated by a medical examiner or justice of the peace under Chapter 49, Code of Criminal Procedure; and(3) correctly completing the death certificate of a person whose death was related to pregnancy.(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.241
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 927,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.