Bill Text: TX HB460 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB460 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB460-Introduced.html

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88R3640 LRM-D
By: Thierry H.B. No. 460

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity Review Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory
committee within the department and is composed of the following 18
[17] members:
(1) 16 [15] members appointed by the commissioner as
follows:
(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics,
at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist;
(B) one certified nurse-midwife;
(C) one registered nurse;
(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery;
(E) one physician specializing in family
practice;
(F) one physician specializing in psychiatry;
(G) one physician specializing in pathology;
(H) one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or
researcher of pregnancy-related deaths;
(I) one social worker or social service provider;
(J) two [one] community advocates [advocate] in
[a] relevant fields [field];
(K) one medical examiner or coroner responsible
for recording deaths; and
(L) one physician specializing in critical care;
(2) a representative of the department's family and
community health programs; and
(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the
epidemiologist's designee.
SECTION 2. Section 34.003(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Review committee members appointed by the commissioner
serve staggered six-year terms, with one-third or as near as
possible to one-third of the members' terms [of four or five
members, as appropriate,] expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered
year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.