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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and |
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Morbidity Review Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory |
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committee within the department and is composed of the following 18 |
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[17] members: |
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(1) 16 [15] members appointed by the commissioner as |
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follows: |
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(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics, |
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at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist; |
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(B) one certified nurse-midwife; |
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(C) one registered nurse; |
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(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery; |
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(E) one physician specializing in family |
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practice; |
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(F) one physician specializing in psychiatry; |
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(G) one physician specializing in pathology; |
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(H) one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or |
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researcher of pregnancy-related deaths; |
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(I) one social worker or social service provider; |
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(J) two [one] community advocates [advocate] in |
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[a] relevant fields [field]; |
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(K) one medical examiner or coroner responsible |
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for recording deaths; and |
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(L) one physician specializing in critical care; |
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(2) a representative of the department's family and |
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community health programs; and |
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(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the |
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epidemiologist's designee. |
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SECTION 2. Section 34.003(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Review committee members appointed by the commissioner |
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serve staggered six-year terms, with one-third or as near as |
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possible to one-third of the members' terms [of four or five |
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members, as appropriate,] expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered |
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year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |