Bill Text: TX HB2574 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of heatstroke for a child left unattended in a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2574-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of heatstroke for a child left unattended in a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2574-Introduced.html
By: Johnson | H.B. No. 2574 |
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relating to increasing awareness of the danger of leaving a child in | ||
a hot motor vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS | ||
Sec. 32.101. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS ON UNATTENDED | ||
CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) Using existing resources, the | ||
department shall develop informational materials that describe the | ||
danger of leaving a child unattended in a closed motor vehicle | ||
during hot or sunny weather. The department shall make the | ||
materials available for download from its Internet website. | ||
(b) A facility that provides childbirth services shall | ||
provide a copy of the informational materials described by | ||
Subsection (a) to a parent or legal guardian of each infant born in | ||
the facility. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the | ||
Department of State Health Services shall make the informational | ||
materials required by Section 32.101, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by this Act, available on its Internet website. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 32.101, Health and Safety Code, | ||
as added by this Act, a facility is not required to comply with that | ||
section until January 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |