Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Subtitle E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Chapter 1366. BENEFITS RELATED TO FERTILITY AND CHILDBIRTH |
Subchapter B. MINIMUM INPATIENT STAY FOLLOWING BIRTH OF CHILD AND POSTDELIVERY CARE |
Sec. 1366.052. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Attending physician" means an obstetrician, pediatrician, or other physician who attends a woman who has given birth to a child or who attends a newborn child.
(2) "Postdelivery care" means postpartum health care services provided in accordance with accepted maternal and neonatal physical assessments. The term includes parent education, assistance and training in breast-feeding and bottle-feeding, and the performance of any necessary and appropriate clinical tests.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.