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