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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Medicaid coverage of doula services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (nn) to read as follows: |
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(nn) The commission shall provide medical assistance |
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reimbursement for services provided by a doula, including |
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childbirth education and emotional and physical support provided |
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during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. The |
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executive commissioner by rule shall determine the doula services |
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to be covered and any doula certification requirements. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 32.024(nn), Human |
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Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional |
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authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation |
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of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall |
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request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that |
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provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |