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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a strategic plan for improving maternal health, |
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including the consolidation and repeal of certain planning and |
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reporting requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0223 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0223. MATERNAL HEALTH STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The |
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commission shall develop and implement a strategic plan for |
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improving maternal health outcomes under programs administered by |
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this state that provide services to women during and following a |
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pregnancy. The strategic plan must include strategies for: |
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(1) improving access to screening, referral, |
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treatment, and support services for perinatal depression, |
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hyperemesis gravidarum, and other major pregnancy-related health |
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complications; |
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(2) improving the quality of maternal health care |
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provided under Medicaid, the child health plan perinatal program, |
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other health care programs administered by this state, and state |
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health plans; and |
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(3) reducing pregnancy-related deaths, focusing on |
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the most prevalent causes of those deaths. |
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(b) In developing the strategic plan, the commission shall |
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consult with the Department of State Health Services, the statewide |
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health coordinating council, and other maternal health experts as |
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the commission determines necessary. |
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(c) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, |
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the commission shall provide the strategic plan developed under |
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this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker |
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of the house of representatives, the Senate Health and Human |
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Services Committee, the House Public Health Committee, and the |
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House Human Services Committee. |
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SECTION 2. Section 34.0155, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.0155. OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING [REPORT |
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ON] PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS, SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY, AND |
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POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. The commission shall: |
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(1) evaluate options for reducing pregnancy-related |
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deaths, focusing on the most prevalent causes of pregnancy-related |
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deaths as identified in the joint biennial report required under |
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Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in |
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economically disadvantaged women; and |
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(2) in coordination with the department and the review |
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committee, identify strategies to: |
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(A) lower costs of providing medical assistance |
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under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, related to severe maternal |
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morbidity and chronic illness; and |
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(B) improve quality outcomes related to the |
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underlying causes of severe maternal morbidity and chronic |
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illness[; and |
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[(3) not later than December 1 of each even-numbered |
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year, submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker |
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of the house of representatives, the Legislative Budget Board, and |
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the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a written |
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report that includes: |
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[(A) a summary of the commission's and |
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department's efforts to accomplish the tasks described by |
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Subdivisions (1) and (2); and |
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[(B) a summary of the report required by Section |
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34.0156]. |
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SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Health and |
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Safety Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 32.046; |
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(2) Section 32.047; |
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(3) Sections 32.155(d) and (e); |
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(4) Section 34.0158; and |
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(5) Section 34.020(f). |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |