Bill Text: TX HB606 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on the benefits of prenatal surgical procedures to treat birth defects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB606 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB606-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Davis of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 606
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the benefits of prenatal surgical procedures
to treat birth defects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:
(1) "Birth defect" has the meaning assigned by Section
87.001, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
(b) The commission shall conduct a study to evaluate the
benefits of prenatal surgical procedures to treat birth defects.
The procedures studied must include:
(1) fetoscopic placental laser ablation;
(2) maternal-fetal surgery; and
(3) any other type of prenatal surgical procedure that
is or becomes the standard of practice for treating a birth defect.
(c) The study must analyze:
(1) the difference in average total cost to the
Medicaid program, private health benefit plan coverage, and
individuals and other payors between conducting a prenatal surgical
procedure and a postnatal procedure to treat a birth defect,
including any continuing treatments needed after either procedure;
and
(2) any improvement in survival rates, long-term
outcomes, and quality of life for children with birth defects
following a prenatal surgical procedure as compared to a postnatal
procedure to treat a birth defect.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2016, the commission shall
submit a written report on the results of the study to the governor,
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, House
Committee on Public Health, and Senate Committee on Health and
Human Services.
(e) This Act expires September 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2015.
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