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1	1	By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 3336
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
3	3	April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4	4	and Human Services; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to information regarding pertussis for parents of newborn
11	11	children.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
16	16	or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
17	17	gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
18	18	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
19	19	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
20	20	resource pamphlet that includes:
21	21	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
22	22	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
23	23	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
24	24	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
25	25	parenting;
26	26	(B) information regarding the prevention of
27	27	shaken baby syndrome including:
28	28	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
29	29	by a crying baby;
30	30	(ii) different methods for preventing a
31	31	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
32	32	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
33	33	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
34	34	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
35	35	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
36	36	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
37	37	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
38	38	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
39	39	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
40	40	for the administration of those immunizations;
41	41	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
42	42	procedures for newborn screening; [and]
43	43	(E) information regarding sudden infant death
44	44	syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
45	45	conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome; and
46	46	(F) educational information in both English and
47	47	Spanish on pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to
48	48	protect against pertussis, including information on the Centers for
49	49	Disease Control recommendation that parents receive Tdap during the
50	50	post-partum period to protect newborns from the transmission of
51	51	pertussis;
52	52	(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
53	53	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
54	54	father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
55	55	resource guide that includes information in both English and
56	56	Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
57	57	from birth until age five, including information relating to:
58	58	(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
59	59	health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
60	60	child;
61	61	(B) dental care;
62	62	(C) effective parenting;
63	63	(D) child safety;
64	64	(E) the importance of reading to a child;
65	65	(F) expected developmental milestones;
66	66	(G) health care resources available in the state;
67	67	(H) selecting appropriate child care; and
68	68	(I) other resources available in the state;
69	69	(3) document in the woman's record that the woman
70	70	received the resource pamphlet described in Subdivision (1) and the
71	71	resource guide described in Subdivision (2), if applicable; and
72	72	(4) retain the documentation for at least five years
73	73	in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
74	74	or midwife's records.
75	75	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	76	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	77	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	78	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	79	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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