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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the membership of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity |
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Task Force. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The task force is a multidisciplinary advisory |
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committee within the department and is composed of the following 17 |
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[15] members: |
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(1) 15 [13] members appointed by the commissioner as |
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follows: |
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(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics, |
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at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist; |
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(B) one certified nurse-midwife; |
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(C) one registered nurse; |
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(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery; |
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(E) one physician specializing in family |
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practice; |
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(F) [(E)] one physician specializing in |
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psychiatry; |
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(G) [(F)] one physician specializing in |
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pathology; |
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(H) [(G)] one epidemiologist, biostatistician, |
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or researcher of pregnancy-related deaths; |
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(I) [(H)] one social worker or social service |
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provider; |
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(J) [(I)] one community advocate in a relevant |
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field; [and] |
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(K) [(J)] one medical examiner or coroner |
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responsible for recording deaths; and |
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L) one physician specializing in critical care; |
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(2) a representative of the department's family and |
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community health programs; and |
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(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the |
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epidemiologist's designee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |