Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3115 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R10982 KKR-D
2	2	By: Coleman H.B. No. 3115
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum
8	8	depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal
9	9	programs.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
13	13	SUBCHAPTER E. CHIP PERINATAL PROGRAM
14	14	Sec. 62.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "postpartum
15	15	depression" means a disorder with postpartum onset that is
16	16	categorized as a mood disorder by the American Psychiatric
17	17	Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
18	18	Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or a subsequent edition adopted by
19	19	rule by the executive commissioner of the commission.
20	20	Sec. 62.202. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a)
21	21	The covered services under the CHIP perinatal program must include,
22	22	for each woman who gives birth to a child who is enrolled in the CHIP
23	23	perinatal program before birth, screening and treatment for
24	24	postpartum depression for the 12-month period after the date the
25	25	woman gives birth to the child.
26	26	(b) The coverage for postpartum depression provided under
27	27	Subsection (a):
28	28	(1) must provide mental health services to a woman
29	29	regardless of whether the woman has been found to be a danger to
30	30	herself or others; and
31	31	(2) may not place an arbitrary or artificial limit on
32	32	the amount of services that may be provided.
33	33	(c) The executive commissioner of the commission shall
34	34	adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
35	35	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
36	36	is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 32.0249. SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
38	38	(a) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a
39	39	disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood
40	40	disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic
41	41	and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or
42	42	a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner
43	43	of the Health and Human Services Commission.
44	44	(b) The department shall provide to a woman who receives
45	45	medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and
46	46	treatment for postpartum depression for the 12-month period after
47	47	the date the woman gives birth.
48	48	(c) The department shall provide mental health services to a
49	49	woman under Subsection (b) regardless of whether the woman has been
50	50	found to be a danger to herself or others.
51	51	(d) The department may not place an arbitrary or artificial
52	52	limit on the amount of services that may be provided under
53	53	Subsection (b).
54	54	(e) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
55	55	Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
56	56	section.
57	57	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
58	58	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
59	59	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
60	60	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
61	61	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
62	62	waiver or authorization is granted.
63	63	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.