86R3692 SRA-D
 
  By: Minjarez, Howard, Hinojosa, Ortega, H.B. No. 405
      Bell of Montgomery, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  Awareness Month.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.112.  NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AWARENESS
  MONTH. June is Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month to
  increase awareness of neonatal abstinence syndrome and to
  encourage:
               (1)  awareness of the dangers of opioid and substance
  abuse during pregnancy to prevent neonatal abstinence syndrome;
               (2)  the creation and update of lists of recommended
  materials to address neonatal abstinence syndrome available
  through the Department of State Health Services and the Health and
  Human Services Commission;
               (3)  electronic circulation of and posting on state and
  local agency websites of recommended treatment and recovery
  resources;
               (4)  the availability of resources for mothers-to-be
  and new mothers with substance abuse disorders, including health
  care services and recovery support services; and
               (5)  collaboration between state and federal
  governmental agencies, hospitals, private health care practices,
  health insurance providers, Medicaid providers, and mental health
  agencies to increase awareness. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.