(a) Annually the department shall provide each perinatal resource coordinating group (PRCG) with:
  (1) information pertaining to the population of women of child-bearing age and infants within its perinatal planning area (PPA), including:
    (A) neonatal mortality rate, postneonatal (beginning after 28 completed days after birth and extending through one completed year of life) mortality rate, infant mortality rate, and maternal mortality rate;
    (B) information collated from birth and death certificates, including but not limited to:
      (i) trimester of entry into prenatal care;
      (ii) number of prenatal visits related to time of entry into prenatal care;
      (iii) maternal use of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol;
      (iv) number of low birth weight infants;
      (v) number of pre-term infants;
      (vi) numbers and rates of low birth weight and very low birth weight infants by facility of birth;
      (vii) causes of infant deaths;
      (viii) causes of maternal deaths;
      (ix) maternal transports and infant transports; and
    (C) other information available from state reported data and registries upon request of the PRCG; and
  (2) information recorded by the department pertaining to the perinatal care facilities within the PPA, including licensure status and level designation as perinatal center.
(b) Each PRCG shall file an annual report in a format approved by the department describing its activities and progress toward outcome objectives projected in the plan or in the revised plan, as described in §37.257 of this title (relating to Perinatal Plans). The report shall include:
  (1) evidence that the members of the PRCG and perinatal networks are involved in evaluation and management of the plan;
  (2) changes in the membership of the PRCG;
  (3) documentation of community-based consumer education, including topics concerning prevention of health risks; the importance of early and regular preventive health check-ups; and access to the perinatal care systems;
  (4) documentation of perinatal provider education concerning the availability of high risk screening tools, patient counseling, referral protocols, and population-based health needs assessment; and
  (5) documentation of progress toward the goals and objectives stated in their plan.
(c) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all information in these reports to the extent authorized by the Texas Open Records Act, Government Code, Chapter 552.

Source Note: The provisions of this §37.258 adopted to be effective July 18, 1999, 24 TexReg 5196