By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 826


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a cost-benefit analysis of providing mental health 
services for women with postpartum depression.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section, "postpartum depression" 
means a disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood 
disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic 
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, or a 
subsequent edition of that manual that the executive commissioner 
of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule adopts to take 
the place of the fourth edition.
	(b)  The Health and Human Services Commission shall conduct a 
cost-benefit analysis of providing 12 months of mental health 
services under the Medicaid program to women who are:
		(1)  diagnosed with postpartum depression; and                                
		(2)  eligible for medical assistance under Chapter 32, 
Human Resources Code.
	(c)  Not later than September 1, 2006, the Health and Human 
Services Commission shall provide a report to the governor, 
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and 
legislature that explains the result of the analysis.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.