Sec. 32.073.  PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR CENTER DESIGNATIONS.  The rules adopted under Section 32.071(b) must prioritize awarding a designation under this subchapter to a health care entity or program that:
(1)  offers fetal diagnosis and therapy through an extensive multi-specialty clinical program that is affiliated and collaborates extensively with a medical school in this state and an associated hospital facility that provides advanced maternal and neonatal care in accordance with its level of care designation received under Section 241.182;
(2)  demonstrates a significant commitment to research in and advancing the field of fetal diagnosis and therapy;
(3)  offers advanced training programs in fetal diagnosis and therapy; and
(4)  integrates an advanced fetal care program with a program that provides appropriate long-term monitoring and follow-up care for patients.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1060 (H.B. 2131), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.