S.B. No. 826




AN ACT

relating to a study examining the feasibility of providing 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 
study examining the feasibility and effects of providing 12 months 
of 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, at the time of diagnosis.
	(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 conclusions of the study.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 826 passed the Senate on 
May 3, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the 
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 2.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 826 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor