By Maxey H.B. No. 391
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 391:
By Wohlgemuth C.S.H.B. No. 391
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the provision of donor human milk to certain infants
1-3 under the medical assistance program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-6 by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
1-7 (x) The department shall adopt minimum standards for the
1-8 procuring, processing, distribution, or use of human milk by donor
1-9 milk banks.
1-10 SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-11 state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-12 federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-13 the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-14 authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-15 waiver or authorization is granted.
1-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.