S.B. No. 1599
AN ACT
relating to maternal mortality reporting and investigation
information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter J to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER J. MATERNAL MORTALITY REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION
INFORMATION
Sec. 1001.241. MATERNAL MORTALITY REPORTING AND
INVESTIGATION INFORMATION. (a) The department shall post on the
department's Internet website information regarding the systematic
protocol for pregnancy-related death investigations and the best
practices for reporting pregnancy-related deaths to the medical
examiner or justice of the peace of each county, as applicable.
(b) The information provided under Subsection (a) must
include guidelines for:
(1) determining when a comprehensive toxicology
screening should be performed on a person whose death was related to
pregnancy;
(2) determining when a death should be reported to or
investigated by a medical examiner or justice of the peace under
Chapter 49, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(3) correctly completing the death certificate of a
person whose death was related to pregnancy.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as
necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the Senate on
May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the House on
May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor