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AN ACT
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relating to the content of an application for Medicaid and coverage |
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for certain services related to maternal depression under the |
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Medicaid and child health plan programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 62.1511 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 62.1511. COVERAGE FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING. |
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(a) In this section, "maternal depression" means depression of any |
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severity with postpartum onset. |
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(b) The covered services under the child health plan must |
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include a maternal depression screening for an enrollee's mother, |
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regardless of whether the mother is also an enrollee, that is |
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performed during a covered well-child or other office visit for the |
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enrollee that occurs before the enrollee's first birthday. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. The rules must be based on: |
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(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning |
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maternal depression; and |
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(2) information provided by relevant physicians and |
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behavioral health organizations. |
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(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal |
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funds that are available for the purposes of this section, |
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including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the |
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Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added |
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by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255). |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) The application form adopted under this section must |
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include: |
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(1) for an applicant who is pregnant, a question |
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regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational |
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pregnancy; and |
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(2) a question regarding the applicant's preferences |
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for being contacted, as follows: |
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"If you are determined eligible for benefits, your |
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managed care organization or health plan provider may contact you |
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by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care matters, |
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including reminders for appointments and information about |
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immunizations or well check visits. All preferred methods of |
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contact listed on this application will be shared with your managed |
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care organization or health plan provider. Please indicate below |
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your preferred methods of contact in order of preference, with the |
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number 1 being the most preferable method: |
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(1) By telephone (if contacted by cellular telephone, |
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the call may be autodialed or prerecorded, and your carrier's usage |
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rates may apply)? Yes No |
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Telephone number: _____________ |
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Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number) |
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(2) By text message (a free autodialed service, but |
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your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No |
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Cellular telephone number: ______________ |
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Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number) |
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(3) By e-mail? Yes No |
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E-mail address: __________________ |
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Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)". |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits |
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that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human |
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Resources Code, as added by this section. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 32.0561 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.0561. MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING. (a) In this |
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section, "maternal depression" means depression of any severity |
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with postpartum onset. |
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(b) The commission shall provide medical assistance |
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reimbursement for a maternal depression screening for a recipient's |
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mother, regardless of whether the mother is also a recipient, that |
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is performed during a covered examination for the recipient under |
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the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program that occurs |
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before the recipient's first birthday. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. The rules must be based on: |
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(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning |
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maternal depression; and |
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(2) information provided by relevant physicians and |
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behavioral health organizations. |
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(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal |
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funds that are available for the purposes of this section, |
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including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the |
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Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added |
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by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255). |
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SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2466 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2466 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2466 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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__________________ |
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Governor |