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Amend SB 1929 by striking the SECTION of the bill amending Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, and substituting the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 34.005. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force shall:
(1) study and review:
(A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths; [and]
(B) trends, rates, or disparities in pregnancy-related deaths and [in] severe maternal morbidity;
(C) health conditions and factors that disproportionately affect the most at-risk population as determined in the Mortality and Morbidity Task Force and Department of State Health Services Joint Biennial Report (July 2016); and
(D) best practices and programs operating in other states that have reduced maternal mortality and morbidity rates;
(2) compare rates of maternal mortality and morbidity based on the socioeconomic status of the mother;
(3) determine the feasibility of the task force studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; and
(4) [(3)] make recommendations to help reduce the incidence of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in this state.