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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to informational materials for pregnant women enrolled in |
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Medicaid and CHIP perinatal programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 34.0051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.0051. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS FOR CERTAIN PREGNANT |
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WOMEN. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "CHIP perinatal program" means the perinatal |
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program operated under the child health plan program established |
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under Chapter 62. |
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(2) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program |
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established under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code. |
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(b) The commission, in coordination with the task force, |
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shall develop for and provide to each pregnant woman enrolled in |
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Medicaid or the CHIP perinatal program informational materials to |
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increase the woman's ability to advocate for herself on |
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reproductive health issues to her health care provider. The |
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informational materials must include information on the possible |
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health risks and complications a woman may incur before the first |
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anniversary of the date the woman gave birth or her pregnancy ended. |
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(c) The informational materials developed under Subsection |
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(b) may be in a paper or easily accessible electronic format or in |
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another format the commission determines appropriate for the |
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provision of the materials to women under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |