Bill Text: TX HB11 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity, including postpartum depression.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-15)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-08-03 - Received from the House [HB11 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB11-Engrossed.html
By: Thierry, Thompson of Harris, Zerwas, | H.B. No. 11 | |
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relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity, | ||
including postpartum depression. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Texas Moms Matter | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 34.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(12) "Pregnancy-related death" means the death of a | ||
woman while pregnant or within one year of delivery or end of | ||
pregnancy, regardless of the duration and site of the pregnancy, | ||
from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its | ||
management, including direct obstetric death or an underlying | ||
aggravating condition causing obstetric death [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.005. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force shall: | ||
(1) study, [ |
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(A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths; [ |
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(B) trends, rates, health conditions and | ||
factors, and disparities in pregnancy-related deaths and severe | ||
maternal morbidity; | ||
(C) the most prevalent health conditions and | ||
factors that caused death in African American women as identified | ||
in the task force's biennial report required under Section 34.015; | ||
and | ||
(D) best practices and programs operating in | ||
other states that have reduced rates of pregnancy-related deaths; | ||
(2) compare rates of pregnancy-related deaths based on | ||
the socioeconomic status of the mother and, contingent on available | ||
resources, compare rates of infant mortality based on that status; | ||
(3) determine the feasibility of the task force | ||
studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; and | ||
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incidence of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal | ||
morbidity in this state. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 34.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall determine a statistically | ||
significant number of cases of pregnancy-related deaths for review. | ||
The department shall either randomly select cases or select all | ||
cases for the task force to review under this subsection to reflect | ||
a cross-section of pregnancy-related deaths in this state. | ||
(b) The department shall statistically analyze aggregate | ||
data of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in | ||
this state to identify any trends, rates, or disparities. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 34.015(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The report must include the task force's | ||
recommendations under Section 34.005(4) [ |
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SECTION 6. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.0155. REPORT ON PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS AND | ||
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. The commission shall: | ||
(1) evaluate options for reducing pregnancy-related | ||
deaths, focusing on the most prevalent causes of pregnancy-related | ||
deaths as identified in the task force's biennial report required | ||
under Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in | ||
economically disadvantaged women; and | ||
(2) submit a written report summarizing the | ||
commission's and department's efforts to accomplish the tasks | ||
described by Subdivision (1) to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, and the appropriate standing committees | ||
of the legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.018. SUNSET PROVISION. The task force is subject to | ||
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued | ||
in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force is | ||
abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 8. Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) In prescribing the form and contents of death | ||
certificates, the department shall require each death certificate | ||
to indicate whether a female decedent was pregnant at the time of | ||
death or was pregnant at any time in the year preceding the | ||
decedent's death, if known | ||
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SECTION 9. (a) Not later than March 1, 2018, the Department | ||
of State Health Services shall revise and make available the forms | ||
required by Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by | ||
this Act applies only to a death certificate filed on or after April | ||
1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it | ||
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each | ||
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate | ||
effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of | ||
the legislative session. |