By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 826
	(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2005; March 10, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; 
April 28, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 28, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 826                                    By:  West

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.
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