Bill Text: TX SB59 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity and the creation of a maternal health care quality improvement program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-17 - Filed [SB59 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB59-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 59 | |
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| relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity and the | ||
| creation of a maternal health care quality improvement program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 34.0155. MATERNAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) The commission, department, and task force shall | ||
| implement a program to distribute maternal safety informational | ||
| materials to health care providers in this state to improve the | ||
| health care response for leading causes of preventable death among | ||
| pregnant and postpartum women. | ||
| (b) The commission, department, and task force shall | ||
| develop maternal safety informational materials that include tools | ||
| and procedures based on best practices for common medical issues in | ||
| maternal health. The informational materials must include for each | ||
| maternal health issue: | ||
| (1) care guidelines accessible in multiple formats, | ||
| including paper and electronic; | ||
| (2) a guide for implementing best practices in care | ||
| provided by hospitals; and | ||
| (3) a slide set for professional education focused on | ||
| maternal health care. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the commission shall submit 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 a written report that includes: | ||
| (1) a summary of the program's implementation and | ||
| outcomes; and | ||
| (2) a summary on the feasibility of adding a provider's | ||
| use of procedures included in the maternal safety informational | ||
| materials as an indicator of quality for commission data. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
