| 1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1699 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 16, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; April 16, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the designation of May as Postpartum Depression |
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| 12 | 12 | | Awareness Month. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 662.110 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 662.110. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AWARENESS MONTH. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) May is Postpartum Depression Awareness Month to increase |
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| 18 | 18 | | awareness of postpartum depression and to encourage: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the identification of signs, symptoms, and |
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| 20 | 20 | | treatment options for postpartum depression; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the creation and update of lists of recommended |
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| 22 | 22 | | materials for perinatal mental health available through the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department of State Health Services and the Health and Human |
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| 24 | 24 | | Services Commission; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) electronic circulation of and posting on state and |
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| 26 | 26 | | local agency websites of recommended postpartum depression |
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| 27 | 27 | | resources; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (4) mothers-to-be and new mothers to be screened for |
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| 29 | 29 | | postpartum depression using validated survey instruments; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) collaboration between governmental agencies, |
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| 31 | 31 | | educational institutions, hospitals, private health care |
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| 32 | 32 | | practices, health insurance providers, Medicaid providers, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | mental health agencies to increase awareness of postpartum |
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| 34 | 34 | | affective illness. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) Postpartum Depression Awareness Month shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | regularly observed through appropriate programs and activities to |
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| 37 | 37 | | increase awareness of postpartum depression. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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