The purpose of these sections is to establish the procedures and standards for the implementation of a statewide system for perinatal health care that fosters:
  (1) safe, quality, risk-appropriate perinatal care for women and for their infants;
  (2) continuity and comprehensiveness of care;
  (3) optimal and cost-effective utilization of perinatal personnel and facilities; and
  (4) access for women to health promotion and health education from preconception through the postpartum period, and parenting information through the first year of their infants' lives.

Source Note: The provisions of this §37.251 adopted to be effective July 18, 1999, 24 TexReg 5196