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1		-	By: Thierry, Thompson of Harris, Zerwas, H.B. No. 11
2		-	Collier, et al.
	1	+	85S11779 DMS-D
	2	+	By: Thierry H.B. No. 11
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 11:
	4	+	By: Price C.S.H.B. No. 11
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4	6
5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity,
8	10		including postpartum depression.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Texas Moms Matter
11	13		Act.
12		-	SECTION 2. Section 34.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is
13		-	amended to read as follows:
14		-	(12) "Pregnancy-related death" means the death of a
15		-	woman while pregnant or within one year of delivery or end of
16		-	pregnancy, regardless of the duration and site of the pregnancy,
17		-	from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its
18		-	management, including direct obstetric death or an underlying
19		-	aggravating condition causing obstetric death [but not from
20		-	accidental or incidental causes].
21		-	SECTION 3. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is
	14	+	SECTION 2. Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is
22	15		amended to read as follows:
23	16		Sec. 34.005. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force shall:
24	17		(1) study, [and] review, and collect data on:
25	18		(A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths; [and]
26	19		(B) trends, rates, health conditions and
27	20		factors, and disparities in pregnancy-related deaths and severe
28	21		maternal morbidity;
29	22		(C) the most prevalent health conditions and
30	23		factors that caused death in African American women as identified
31	24		in the task force's biennial report required under Section 34.015;
32	25		and
33	26		(D) best practices and programs operating in
34	27		other states that have reduced rates of pregnancy-related deaths;
35	28		(2) compare rates of pregnancy-related deaths based on
36		-	the socioeconomic status of the mother and, contingent on available
37		-	resources, compare rates of infant mortality based on that status;
	29	+	the socioeconomic status of the mother;
38	30		(3) determine the feasibility of the task force
39	31		studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; and
40	32		(4) [(3)] make recommendations to help reduce the
41	33		incidence of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal
42	34		morbidity in this state.
43		-	SECTION 4. Sections 34.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety
	35	+	SECTION 3. Sections 34.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety
44	36		Code, are amended to read as follows:
45	37		(a) The department shall determine a statistically
46	38		significant number of cases of pregnancy-related deaths for review.
47	39		The department shall either randomly select cases or select all
48	40		cases for the task force to review under this subsection to reflect
49	41		a cross-section of pregnancy-related deaths in this state.
50	42		(b) The department shall statistically analyze aggregate
51	43		data of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in
52	44		this state to identify any trends, rates, or disparities.
53		-	SECTION 5. Section 34.015(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	45	+	SECTION 4. Section 34.015(b), Health and Safety Code, is
54	46		amended to read as follows:
55	47		(b) The report must include the task force's
56	48		recommendations under Section 34.005(4) [34.005(3)].
57		-	SECTION 6. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
	49	+	SECTION 5. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
58	50		adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows:
59	51		Sec. 34.0155. REPORT ON PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS AND
60	52		POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. The commission shall:
61	53		(1) evaluate options for reducing pregnancy-related
62	54		deaths, focusing on the most prevalent causes of pregnancy-related
63	55		deaths as identified in the task force's biennial report required
64	56		under Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in
65	57		economically disadvantaged women; and
66	58		(2) submit a written report summarizing the
67	59		commission's and department's efforts to accomplish the tasks
68	60		described by Subdivision (1) to the governor, the lieutenant
69	61		governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the
70	62		Legislative Budget Board, and the appropriate standing committees
71	63		of the legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered
72	64		year.
73		-	SECTION 7. Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is
	65	+	SECTION 6. Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is
74	66		amended to read as follows:
75	67		Sec. 34.018. SUNSET PROVISION. The task force is subject to
76	68		Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
77	69		in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force is
78	70		abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
79		-	SECTION 8. Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, is
80		-	amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
81		-	(a-2) In prescribing the form and contents of death
82		-	certificates, the department shall require each death certificate
83		-	to indicate whether a female decedent was pregnant at the time of
84		-	death or was pregnant at any time in the year preceding the
85		-	decedent's death, if known
86		-	.
87		-	SECTION 9. (a) Not later than March 1, 2018, the Department
88		-	of State Health Services shall revise and make available the forms
89		-	required by Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by
90		-	this Act.
91		-	(b) Section 193.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by
92		-	this Act applies only to a death certificate filed on or after April
93		-	1, 2018.
94		-	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
95		-	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
96		-	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
97		-	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
98		-	effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of
99		-	the legislative session.
	71	+	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	72	+	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	73	+	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	74	+	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	75	+	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
	76	+	legislative session.