Sec. 501.0667.  INMATE POSTPARTUM RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The department shall ensure that, for a period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by an inmate:
(1)  the infant is allowed to remain with the inmate, unless a medical professional determines doing so would pose a health or safety risk to the inmate or infant; and
(2)  the inmate has access to any nutritional or hygiene-related products necessary to care for the infant, including diapers.
(b)  The department shall make the items described by Subsection (a)(2) available free of charge to an indigent inmate.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (H.B. 650), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.