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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coverage for certain services related to maternal |
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depression under the 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. 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 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |