Bill Text: TX HB242 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to new mother wellness screenings under the Texas women's health program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB242-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave | H.B. No. 242 | |
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| relating to new mother wellness screenings under the Texas women's | ||
| health program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.0997 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.0997. TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM: NEW MOTHER | ||
| WELLNESS SCREENINGS. (a) In this section, "Texas women's health | ||
| program" means a program operated by the commission that is | ||
| substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under | ||
| former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended | ||
| to expand access to preventive health and family planning services | ||
| for women in this state. | ||
| (b) The commission shall provide on request through the | ||
| Texas women's health program new mother wellness screenings to | ||
| determine if program participants are at a higher risk of death from | ||
| childbirth or childbirth-related complications and to determine | ||
| treatment options. | ||
| (c) The new mother wellness screenings provided under the | ||
| Texas women's health program must include screening for common | ||
| causes of maternal mortality, including: | ||
| (1) mental health conditions; | ||
| (2) behavioral health conditions; | ||
| (3) heart conditions; | ||
| (4) high blood pressure; | ||
| (5) hemorrhaging; and | ||
| (6) any other condition the commission determines | ||
| necessary. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
