Bill Text: TX SB1086 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a database of information about women with uterine fibroids and to uterine fibroid education and research.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1086 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1086-Introduced.html
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| By: Powell, Johnson | S.B. No. 1086 | |
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| relating to a database of information about women with uterine | ||
| fibroids and to uterine fibroid education and research. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 100A to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 100A. UTERINE FIBROID EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | ||
| Sec. 100A.001. UTERINE FIBROID DATABASE. (a) The | ||
| department's Center for Health Statistics shall establish and | ||
| maintain an electronic database of information related to uterine | ||
| fibroids to increase awareness about uterine fibroids and ensure | ||
| women receive the information and health care necessary to prevent | ||
| and treat the condition. The database must include the: | ||
| (1) incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (2) demographic attributes of women diagnosed with | ||
| uterine fibroids; and | ||
| (3) treatments for uterine fibroids used by health | ||
| care providers. | ||
| (b) A health care provider who diagnoses or treats a woman | ||
| with uterine fibroids shall submit for inclusion in the | ||
| department's Center for Health Statistics the information required | ||
| by the center in the form and manner prescribed by the department. | ||
| The information provided under this section may be combined with | ||
| other information the health care provider submits to the | ||
| department under other law. | ||
| (c) Information regarding a woman who is diagnosed with or | ||
| treated for uterine fibroids that is maintained in the database | ||
| under Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) may not include any personally identifying | ||
| information of the woman; and | ||
| (2) is confidential and may be used only by the | ||
| department or other person on behalf of the department for uterine | ||
| fibroid research. | ||
| Sec. 100A.002. UTERINE FIBROID EDUCATION OUTREACH. The | ||
| department, in consultation with the Texas Medical Association, | ||
| shall develop and disseminate to health care providers information | ||
| on uterine fibroids and conduct a campaign to increase public | ||
| awareness of uterine fibroids, including information on and | ||
| awareness of the: | ||
| (1) women of a race or ethnicity that has a | ||
| statistically elevated risk of developing uterine fibroids; and | ||
| (2) range of available treatment options for uterine | ||
| fibroids that include non-hysterectomy treatments and procedures. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
