House Bill 2466	House Author: Davis, Sarah et al.
Effective: 9-1-17	Senate Sponsor: Huffman et al.

House Bill 2466 amends the Health and Safety Code and the Human Resources Code to require the covered services under the child health plan to include a maternal depression screening for an enrollee's mother and to require the Health and Human Services Commission to provide Medicaid reimbursement for a maternal depression screening for a recipient's mother. The bill requires the application form for Medicaid to include, for an applicant who is pregnant, a question regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational pregnancy and a question regarding the applicant's preferences for being contacted.