Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 37 - MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES › Subchapter M - TEXAS PERINATAL CARE SYSTEM › Section 37.255 - Perinatal Planning Areas

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Eight perinatal planning areas (PPAs), encompassing every county in the state,
				  shall be established for descriptive, planning, and continuous quality
				  improvement purposes. The PPA boundaries shall be based upon the regional
				  organization of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
				  (HHSC).
(b) PPA boundaries are not
				  intended to restrict decisions concerning client referral or transfer to other
				  facilities or providers.
(c) The
				  perinatal planning areas shall include the following counties:
(1) Area One (HHSC Region 1): Armstrong,
				  Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby,
				  Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford,
				  Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn,
				  Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman,
				  Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum;
(2) Area Two (HHSC Region 2/3): Archer,
				  Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Cottle,
				  Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Fisher, Foard, Grayson,
				  Hardeman, Haskell, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kent, Knox,
				  Mitchell, Montague, Navarro, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Runnels,
				  Scurry, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Tarrant, Taylor,
				  Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young;
(3) Area Three (HHSC Region 4/5): Anderson,
				  Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison,
				  Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Jasper, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches,
				  Newton, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San
				  Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, and
				  Wood;
(4) Area Four (HHSC Region
				  6/5): Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin,
				  Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Orange, Walker, Waller, and
				  Wharton;
(5) Area Five (HHSC Region
				  7): Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls,
				  Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lee, Leon,
				  Limestone, Llano, McLennan, Madison, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis,
				  Washington, and Williamson;
(6)
				  Area Six (HHSC Region 8): Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Calhoun, Comal, De Witt,
				  Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes,
				  Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val
				  Verde, Victoria, Wilson, and Zavala;
(7) Area Seven (HHSC Region 9/10): Andrews,
				  Borden, Brewster, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dawson, Ector, El
				  Paso, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Loving,
				  McCulloch, Martin, Mason, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves,
				  Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, and Winkler;
				  and
(8) Area Eight (HHSC Region
				  11): Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
				  Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr,
				  Webb, Willacy, and Zapata.