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| 1 | 1 | 85S10904 DMS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ortega H.B. No. 227 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the creation of a maternal health care improvement | |
| 8 | 8 | program to address maternal morbidity. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 34.0155. MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. | |
| 13 | 13 | The task force shall develop or oversee the development of a program | |
| 14 | 14 | to distribute maternal health care informational materials to | |
| 15 | 15 | health care providers in this state to standardize treatment | |
| 16 | 16 | protocols and improve the health care response for leading causes | |
| 17 | 17 | of preventable death among pregnant and postpartum women, including | |
| 18 | 18 | causes related to: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) cardiac health conditions; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) preeclampsia, eclampsia, and other hypertensive | |
| 21 | 21 | disorders; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (3) hemorrhage. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |
| 28 | 28 | legislative session. |