Bill Text: TX SB1698 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1698 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1698-Introduced.html
  84R9438 KKR-D
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 1698
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum
  depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal
  programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. CHIP PERINATAL PROGRAM
         Sec. 62.201.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "postpartum
  depression" means a disorder with postpartum onset that is
  categorized as a mood disorder by the American Psychiatric
  Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
  Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or a subsequent edition adopted by
  rule by the executive commissioner of the commission.
         Sec. 62.202.  COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a)
  The covered services under the CHIP perinatal program must include,
  for each woman who gives birth to a child who is enrolled in the CHIP
  perinatal program before birth, screening and treatment for
  postpartum depression for the 12-month period after the date the
  woman gives birth to the child.
         (b)  If the health care provider who is treating a woman for
  postpartum depression under Subsection (a) determines that it is
  medically necessary for the woman to continue receiving treatment
  after the 12-month period of coverage ends, the health care
  provider must refer the woman to a federally qualified health
  center for continued treatment.
         (c)  The executive commissioner of the commission shall
  adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0249.  SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.  
  (a)  For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a
  disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood
  disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic
  and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or
  a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner
  of the Health and Human Services Commission.
         (b)  The department shall provide to a woman who receives
  medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and
  treatment for postpartum depression for the 12-month period after
  the date the woman gives birth.
         (c)  If the health care provider who is treating a woman for
  postpartum depression under Subsection (b) determines that it is
  medically necessary for the woman to continue receiving treatment
  after the 12-month period, the health care provider must refer the
  woman to a federally qualified health center for continued
  treatment.
         (d)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
  federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
  the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
  authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
  waiver or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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