84R11164 KKR-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3372
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum
depression under the medical assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0249. SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
(a) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a
disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood
disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or
a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner
of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(b) The department shall provide to a woman who receives
medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and
treatment for postpartum depression for the eight-month period
after the date the woman gives birth.
(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.