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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to birth record information included in certain health |
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care data collection. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 108.002(6), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(6) "Data" means information collected under Section |
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108.0065, 108.0066, or 108.009 in the form initially received. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 108.0066 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 108.0066. BIRTH RECORD DATA. (a) In this section, |
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"birth record data" means the data associated with the birth of an |
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infant, including: |
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(1) information from the mother's prenatal care |
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visits; |
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(2) the number of previous live births or miscarriages |
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of the mother; |
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(3) the gestational age of the infant; |
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(4) the infant's birth weight; |
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(5) whether the infant is breast-fed in the hospital; |
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and |
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(6) whether the mother smoked during the pregnancy. |
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(b) The department shall collect birth record data under |
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this chapter. The department may coordinate the collection of the |
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data with local registrars and the vital statistics unit of the |
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department. If the department requires additional birth record |
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data, a hospital shall provide to the department the data required |
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by the department in the form required by the department. |
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(c) Dissemination of data collected under this section is |
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subject to Sections 108.010, 108.011, 108.012, 108.013, 108.014, |
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and 108.0141. |
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(d) The department shall include the birth record data |
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collected under this section with hospital inpatient public use |
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data. The department shall cross-reference the birth record data of |
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an infant with the appropriate hospital inpatient data for the |
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patient giving birth to the infant to: |
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(1) increase the accuracy of the data; |
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(2) reduce incomplete data; and |
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(3) support research of maternal and newborn deaths |
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and complications. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than June 1, 2018, the Department of |
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State Health Services shall: |
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(1) collect birth record data described by Section |
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108.0066, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, for the |
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period beginning January 1, 2010, through the second quarter of the |
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year 2017; |
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(2) cross-reference the birth record data described by |
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Subdivision (1) with the appropriate hospital inpatient public use |
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data as described by Section 108.0066(d), Health and Safety Code, |
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as added by this Act; and |
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(3) incorporate the data described by Subdivisions (1) |
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and (2) into the public use data provided by the department. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |