By:  Uresti (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                            H.B. No. 341
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2003; 
May 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 
and Human Services; May 23, 2003, reported adversely, with 
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, 
Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 341                                    By:  Lindsay


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to parenting and postpartum counseling information to be 
provided to a pregnant woman.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Subchapter R to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER R.  PARENTING AND POSTPARTUM COUNSELING INFORMATION
	Sec. 161.451.  RESOURCE LIST.  (a)  A hospital, birthing 
center, physician, nurse midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal 
care to a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an 
infant shall:
		(1)  provide the woman with a resource list of the 
names, addresses, and phone numbers of professional organizations 
that provide postpartum counseling and assistance to parents; and
		(2)  document in the patient's record that the patient 
received the information described in subdivision (1).
		(3)  retain the documentation for at least three years 
in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's 
or midwife's records.
	(b)  The list must include resources a parent may contact to 
receive counseling and assistance for postpartum depression and 
other emotional traumas associated with pregnancy and parenting.
	(c)  A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife 
or midwife who provides prenatal care to a woman during gestation or 
at delivery is presumed to have complied with this section if the 
woman received prior prenatal care from another hospital, birthing 
center, physician, or midwife in this state during the same 
pregnancy.
	Sec. 161.452.  DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.  The department shall:             
		(1)  establish guidelines for the provision of the 
information required by Section 161.451;
		(2)  make available on the department's website a 
printable list of professional organizations that provide 
postpartum counseling and assistance to parents; and
		(3)  update the list required under Subdivision (2) 
monthly.         
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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