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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and |
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Morbidity Review Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory |
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committee within the department and is composed of the following 25 |
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[23] members: |
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(1) 23 [21] members appointed by the commissioner as |
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follows: |
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(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics, |
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at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist; |
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(B) one certified nurse-midwife; |
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(C) one registered nurse; |
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(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery; |
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(E) one physician specializing in family |
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practice; |
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(F) one physician specializing in psychiatry; |
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(G) one physician specializing in pathology; |
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(H) one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or |
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researcher of pregnancy-related deaths; |
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(I) one social worker or social service provider; |
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(J) two community members with experience in a |
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relevant health care field, including a field involving the |
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analysis of health care data, one of whom must represent an urban |
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area of this state and one of whom must represent a rural area of |
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this state; |
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(K) one medical examiner or coroner responsible |
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for recording deaths; |
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(L) one physician specializing in critical care; |
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(M) one physician specializing in emergency |
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care; |
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(N) one physician specializing in cardiology; |
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(O) one physician specializing in |
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anesthesiology; |
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(P) one physician specializing in oncology; |
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[and] |
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(Q) one representative of a managed care |
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organization; |
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(R) one doula; and |
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(S) one doula specializing in end-of-life care; |
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(2) a representative of the department's family and |
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community health programs; and |
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(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the |
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epidemiologist's designee. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioner of state health services shall |
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appoint members to the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity |
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Review Committee in accordance with Section 34.002, Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |