| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum |
|
|
depression under the medical assistance program. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
|
|
is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 32.0249. SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. |
|
|
(a) For purposes of 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, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or |
|
|
a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner |
|
|
of the Health and Human Services Commission. |
|
|
(b) The department shall provide to a woman who receives |
|
|
medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and |
|
|
treatment for postpartum depression for the eight-month period |
|
|
after the date the woman gives birth. |
|
|
(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
|
|
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
|
|
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
|
|
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
|
|
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
|
|
waiver or authorization is granted. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |