Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1257 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R2596 KKR-F
2	2	By: Huffman S.B. No. 1257
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to coverage for certain services related to maternal
8	8	depression under the Medicaid and child health plan programs.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Health and Safety
11	11	Code, is amended by adding Section 62.1511 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 62.1511. COVERAGE FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING.
13	13	(a) In this section, "maternal depression" means depression of any
14	14	severity with postpartum onset.
15	15	(b) The covered services under the child health plan must
16	16	include a maternal depression screening for an enrollee's mother,
17	17	regardless of whether the mother is also an enrollee, that is
18	18	performed during a covered well-child or other office visit for the
19	19	enrollee that occurs before the enrollee's first birthday.
20	20	(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
21	21	to implement this section. The rules must be based on:
22	22	(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning
23	23	maternal depression; and
24	24	(2) information provided by relevant physicians and
25	25	behavioral health organizations.
26	26	(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal
27	27	funds that are available for the purposes of this section,
28	28	including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the
29	29	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added
30	30	by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).
31	31	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
32	32	is amended by adding Section 32.0561 to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 32.0561. MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING. (a) In this
34	34	section, "maternal depression" means depression of any severity
35	35	with postpartum onset.
36	36	(b) The commission shall provide medical assistance
37	37	reimbursement for a maternal depression screening for a recipient's
38	38	mother, regardless of whether the mother is also a recipient, that
39	39	is performed during a covered examination for the recipient under
40	40	the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program that occurs
41	41	before the recipient's first birthday.
42	42	(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
43	43	to implement this section. The rules must be based on:
44	44	(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning
45	45	maternal depression; and
46	46	(2) information provided by relevant physicians and
47	47	behavioral health organizations.
48	48	(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal
49	49	funds that are available for the purposes of this section,
50	50	including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the
51	51	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added
52	52	by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).
53	53	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
54	54	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
55	55	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
56	56	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
57	57	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
58	58	waiver or authorization is granted.
59	59	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.