HB 791: Surrendered Newborn Infants
GENERAL BILL by Cobb
Surrendered Newborn Infants; Authorizes hospitals, EMS stations, & fire stations to use newborn infant safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants if device meets specified criteria; requires hospitals, EMS stations, & fire stations to physically check & test devices at specified intervals; authorizes parent to leave newborn infant with medical staff or licensed healthcare professional at hospital after delivery of newborn infant; authorizes parent to surrender newborn infant by calling 911 & requesting that EMS provider meet surrendering parent at specified location to retrieve newborn infant.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/20/2025 House • Filed
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HB 791, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2025 at 9:03 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 39.01 Definitions. Page 9 (pdf) 39.201 Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Page 11 (pdf) 63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 12 (pdf) 63.167 State adoption information center. Page 18 (pdf) 383.50 Treatment of surrendered infant. Page 2 (pdf) 383.51 Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station. Page 18 (pdf) 827.035 Infants. Page 19 (pdf) 827.10 Unlawful desertion of a child. Page 19 (pdf)