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1	1	H.B. No. 1240
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to information required to be provided to parents of an
6	6	infant.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Sections 161.501 and 161.502, Health and Safety
9	9	Code, are amended to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 161.501. RESOURCE PAMPHLET AND RESOURCE GUIDE PROVIDED
11	11	TO PARENTS OF NEWBORN CHILDREN. (a) A hospital, birthing center,
12	12	physician, nurse midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal care to
13	13	a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
14	14	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
15	15	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
16	16	resource pamphlet that includes:
17	17	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
18	18	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
19	19	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
20	20	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
21	21	parenting;
22	22	(B) information regarding the prevention of
23	23	shaken baby syndrome including:
24	24	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
25	25	by a crying baby;
26	26	(ii) different methods for preventing a
27	27	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
28	28	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
29	29	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
30	30	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
31	31	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
32	32	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
33	33	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
34	34	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
35	35	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
36	36	for the administration of those immunizations; and
37	37	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
38	38	procedures for newborn screening;
39	39	(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
40	40	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
41	41	father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
42	42	resource guide that includes information in both English and
43	43	Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
44	44	from birth until age five, including information relating to:
45	45	(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
46	46	health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
47	47	child;
48	48	(B) dental care;
49	49	(C) effective parenting;
50	50	(D) child safety;
51	51	(E) the importance of reading to a child;
52	52	(F) expected developmental milestones;
53	53	(G) health care resources available in the state;
54	54	(H) selecting appropriate child care; and
55	55	(I) other resources available in the state;
56	56	(3) document in the woman's record that the woman
57	57	received the resource pamphlet [information] described in
58	58	Subdivision (1) and the resource guide described in Subdivision
59	59	(2), if applicable; and
60	60	(4) [(3)] retain the documentation for at least five
61	61	years in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse
62	62	midwife's, or midwife's records.
63	63	(b) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
64	64	or midwife:
65	65	(1) may use the pamphlet provided on the department's
66	66	website or an alternative pamphlet that provides the information
67	67	required by Subsection (a)(1); and
68	68	(2) may use the resource guide provided on the
69	69	department's website or an alternative guide that provides the
70	70	information required by Subsection (a)(2) [this section].
71	71	(c) The department may make available online and distribute
72	72	an existing publication created by another health and human
73	73	services agency as the resource guide required by Subsection
74	74	(a)(2).
75	75	Sec. 161.502. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department
76	76	shall:
77	77	(1) establish guidelines for the provision of the
78	78	information required by Section 161.501;
79	79	(2) make available on the department's website:
80	80	(A) a printable version of the pamphlet required
81	81	by Section 161.501(a)(1) [161.501]; and
82	82	(B) a printable version of the resource guide
83	83	required by Section 161.501(a)(2);
84	84	(3) update the list of resources and required
85	85	immunizations in the pamphlet required under Subdivision (2)(A)
86	86	[(2)] quarterly;
87	87	(4) make the pamphlet and resource guide required by
88	88	Section 161.501 available for distribution to hospitals,
89	89	physicians, birthing centers, nurse midwives, and midwives; and
90	90	(5) coordinate funding for the development,
91	91	publication, and distribution of the informational pamphlet and
92	92	resource guide with other health and human services agencies, and
93	93	solicit funding for the department's duties under this subchapter
94	94	through means other than appropriations, such as gifts, grants, and
95	95	sales of sponsorship or advertising.
96	96	(b) The department may include additional information in
97	97	the pamphlet or resource guide as appropriate for parents of
98	98	newborns.
99	99	(c) The Health and Human Services Commission shall develop
100	100	specific performance measures by which the commission may evaluate
101	101	the effectiveness of the resource guide under Section 161.501(a)(2)
102	102	in:
103	103	(1) reducing costs to the state; and
104	104	(2) improving outcomes for children.
105	105	(d) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
106	106	the Health and Human Services Commission shall submit a report to
107	107	the legislature on the effectiveness of the resource guide under
108	108	Section 161.501(a)(2), including legislative recommendations
109	109	concerning the guide.
110	110	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
111	111	______________________________ ______________________________
112	112	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
113	113	I certify that H.B. No. 1240 was passed by the House on March
114	114	31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
115	115	voting.
116	116	______________________________
117	117	Chief Clerk of the House
118	118	I certify that H.B. No. 1240 was passed by the Senate on May
119	119	14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
120	120	______________________________
121	121	Secretary of the Senate
122	122	APPROVED: _____________________
123	123	Date
124	124	_____________________
125	125	Governor