CHAPTER 80. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - Texas Statutes

HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

TITLE 3. FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

SUBTITLE D. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 80. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 80.001. FINGERPRINTING FOR IDENTIFICATION. (a) A state

law enforcement agency or the law enforcement agency of any

political subdivision of the state shall comply with the request

of a person to have a record of his fingerprints made or a record

of the fingerprints of a child or ward of the person made.

(b) A law enforcement agency may charge a fee not to exceed $10

for the service provided under this section and may retain

records of fingerprints made under this section.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 117, Sec. 6(a), eff. Sept. 1,

1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 695, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 80.003. CHILDREN BORN TO IMPRISONED WOMEN. (a) The

department shall provide medical care for a child born to a woman

who, at the time of giving birth, is imprisoned in the Texas

Department of Criminal Justice if there is no other source of

payment for the medical care.

(b) In this section, "medical care" means the care relating to

childbirth and the period of the child's hospitalization

immediately following the birth or rehospitalization in the first

28 days of life.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1989. Renumbered from Sec. 80.002 by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th

C.S., ch. 12, Sec. 2(15), eff. Sept. 6, 1990.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

87, Sec. 25.116, eff. September 1, 2009.