By: Coleman H.B. No. 3336
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information regarding pertussis for parents of newborn
children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
resource pamphlet that includes:
(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
parenting;
(B) information regarding the prevention of
shaken baby syndrome including:
(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
by a crying baby;
(ii) different methods for preventing a
person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
newborn, infant, or other young child; and
(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
for the administration of those immunizations;
(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
procedures for newborn screening; [and]
(E) information regarding sudden infant death
syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome; and
(F) educational information in both English and
Spanish on pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to
protect against pertussis, including information on the Centers for
Disease Control recommendation that parents receive Tdap during the
post-partum period to protect newborns from the transmission of
pertussis;
(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
resource guide that includes information in both English and
Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
from birth until age five, including information relating to:
(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
child;
(B) dental care;
(C) effective parenting;
(D) child safety;
(E) the importance of reading to a child;
(F) expected developmental milestones;
(G) health care resources available in the state;
(H) selecting appropriate child care; and
(I) other resources available in the state;
(3) document in the woman's record that the woman
received the resource pamphlet described in Subdivision (1) and the
resource guide described in Subdivision (2), if applicable; and
(4) retain the documentation for at least five years
in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
or midwife's records.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2011.