Bill Text: TX SB2150 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain information on maternal mortality to the Department of State Health Services and the confidentiality of that information.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-24 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB2150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2150-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain information on maternal mortality to the Department of State Health Services and the confidentiality of that information.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-24 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB2150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2150-Engrossed.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 2150 |
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relating to the reporting of certain information on maternal | ||
mortality to the Department of State Health Services and the | ||
confidentiality of that information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivisions (11-a) and (12-a) and amending | ||
Subdivisions (12) and (14) to read as follows: | ||
(11-a) "Pregnancy-associated death" means the death | ||
of a woman by any cause that occurs during or within one year of | ||
delivery or end of pregnancy, regardless of the outcome or location | ||
of the pregnancy. | ||
(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 outcome, duration, or location [ |
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the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or | ||
incidental causes. | ||
(12-a) "Review committee" means the Maternal Mortality | ||
and Morbidity Review Committee. | ||
(14) "Task force" means the review committee [ |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 34.002, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.002. MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY REVIEW | ||
COMMITTEE; REFERENCE IN LAW [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 34.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection | ||
(a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee | ||
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(a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a reference in this | ||
chapter or other law to the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task | ||
Force means the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. | ||
(e) A member of the task force appointed under Subsection | ||
(b)(1) is not entitled to compensation for service on the task force | ||
but, subject to Section 34.014(b), may be reimbursed [ |
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while conducting the business of the task force. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 34.009(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Any information pertaining to a pregnancy-associated | ||
death, a pregnancy-related death, or severe maternal morbidity is | ||
confidential for purposes of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 34.014, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.014. FUNDING. (a) The department may accept | ||
gifts and grants from any source to fund the duties of the | ||
department and the task force under this chapter. | ||
(b) The department may use only gifts, grants, or federal | ||
funds to reimburse travel or other expenses incurred by a member of | ||
the task force in accordance with Section 34.002(e). | ||
SECTION 6. Section 34.008, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) For purposes of this chapter, a licensed health care | ||
provider, including a nurse, who is involved in obtaining | ||
information relevant to a case of pregnancy-associated death, | ||
pregnancy-related death, or severe maternal morbidity under this | ||
chapter and who is required under other law to report a violation | ||
related to the provider's profession is exempt from the requirement | ||
to report the violation for information obtained under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 34.017, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The department may allow voluntary and confidential | ||
reporting to the department of pregnancy-associated deaths and | ||
pregnancy-related deaths by health care professionals, health care | ||
facilities, and persons who complete the medical certification for | ||
a death certificate for deaths reviewed or analyzed by the review | ||
committee. | ||
(d) The department shall allow voluntary and confidential | ||
reporting to the department of pregnancy-associated deaths and | ||
pregnancy-related deaths by family members of or other appropriate | ||
individuals associated with a deceased patient. The department | ||
shall: | ||
(1) post on the department's Internet website the | ||
contact information of the person to whom a report may be submitted | ||
under this subsection; and | ||
(2) conduct outreach to local health organizations on | ||
the availability of the review committee to review and analyze the | ||
deaths. | ||
(e) Information reported to the department under this | ||
section is confidential in accordance with Section 34.009. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |