Bill Text: TX HB51 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity, including postpartum depression.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-10 - Filed [HB51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB51-Introduced.html
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| By: Thierry | H.B. No. 51 | |
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| relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity, | ||
| including postpartum depression. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 34.005. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force shall: | ||
| (1) study and review: | ||
| (A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths; [ |
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| (B) trends, rates, or disparities in | ||
| pregnancy-related deaths and [ |
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| (C) health conditions and factors that | ||
| disproportionately affect the most at-risk population as | ||
| determined in the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force and | ||
| Department of State Health Services Joint Biennial Report (July | ||
| 2016); and | ||
| (D) best practices and programs operating in | ||
| other states that have reduced rates of pregnancy-related deaths; | ||
| (2) compare rates of pregnancy-related deaths based on | ||
| the socioeconomic status of the mother; | ||
| (3) determine the feasibility of the task force | ||
| studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; and | ||
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| incidence of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal | ||
| morbidity in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 34.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The department shall determine a statistically | ||
| significant number of cases of pregnancy-related deaths for review. | ||
| The department shall either randomly select cases or select all | ||
| cases for the task force to review under this subsection to reflect | ||
| a cross-section of pregnancy-related deaths in this state. | ||
| (b) The department shall statistically analyze aggregate | ||
| data of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in | ||
| this state to identify any trends, rates, or disparities. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 34.0155. REPORT ON PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS AND | ||
| POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. The commission shall: | ||
| (1) evaluate options for reducing pregnancy-related | ||
| deaths, focusing on the most prevalent causes of pregnancy-related | ||
| deaths as identified in the task force's biennial report required | ||
| under Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in | ||
| economically disadvantaged women; and | ||
| (2) submit a written report summarizing the | ||
| commission's and department's efforts to accomplish the tasks | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
| governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the | ||
| Legislative Budget Board, and the appropriate standing committees | ||
| of the legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered | ||
| year. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 34.018. SUNSET PROVISION. The task force is subject to | ||
| Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued | ||
| in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force is | ||
| abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
