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Amend CSHB 109 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____: Section 32.042(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (3) to read as follows:
§ 32.042. DUTIES OF BOARD; RULES. (a) The board by rule shall
adopt:
(1) minimum standards and objectives to implement
voluntary perinatal health care systems; and
(2) policies for health promotion and education, risk
assessment, access to care, and perinatal system structure,
including the transfer and transportation of pregnant women and
infants; and
(3) enrollment and renewal policies that allow for
coverage under the perinatal program beginning before conception
and continuing until the child's sixth birthday.