85R2243 AJZ-D     By: White H.B. No. 2695       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to information regarding fetal alcohol spectrum   disorders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter X to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER X.  INFORMATION REGARDING FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM   DISORDERS          Sec. 161.701.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                (1)  "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" means one of a   group of conditions that can occur in a person who is exposed to   alcohol in utero.                (2)  "Health care provider" has the meaning assigned by   Section 34.001.          Sec. 161.702.  DUTY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.  (a)  At the   time of initial contact, a health care provider who provides care to   an expectant mother or who initially diagnoses a child with a fetal   alcohol spectrum disorder shall provide information regarding   fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to:                (1)  expectant parents; or                (2)  a parent of a child who receives a diagnosis of a   fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.          (b)  The information described by Subsection (a) must be   current and evidence-based and must have been reviewed by medical   experts and state or national fetal alcohol spectrum disorder   organizations.          (c)  Notwithstanding any other law, this section does not   impose a standard of care or create an obligation or duty that   provides a basis for a cause of action against a health care   provider.  A health care provider may not be held civilly or   criminally liable for failing to provide information as required by   Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.