Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1	1	85S10135 KKR-D
2	2	By: Coleman H.B. No. 102
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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.
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 shall adopt rules necessary
34	34	to implement this section.
35	35	SECTION 2. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
36	36	by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
37	37	(l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical
38	38	assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for
39	39	pregnant women for a period of not less than 12 months following the
40	40	date the woman gives birth.
41	41	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
42	42	is amended by adding Section 32.02491 to read as follows:
43	43	Sec. 32.02491. SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
44	44	(a) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a
45	45	disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood
46	46	disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic
47	47	and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or
48	48	a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner.
49	49	(b) The commission shall provide to a woman who receives
50	50	medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and
51	51	treatment for postpartum depression for the 12-month period after
52	52	the date the woman gives birth.
53	53	(c) The commission shall provide mental health services to a
54	54	woman under Subsection (b) regardless of whether the woman has been
55	55	found to be a danger to herself or others.
56	56	(d) The commission may not place an arbitrary or artificial
57	57	limit on the amount of services that may be provided under
58	58	Subsection (b).
59	59	(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
60	60	to implement this section.
61	61	SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
62	62	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
63	63	Services Commission shall develop and seek a waiver or other
64	64	appropriate authorization from the Centers for Medicare and
65	65	Medicaid Services to extend the number of postpartum visits a woman
66	66	may receive under the CHIP perinatal program in order to implement
67	67	Section 62.202, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
68	68	SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act
69	69	a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional
70	70	authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation
71	71	of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall
72	72	request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that
73	73	provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.
74	74	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.