By: Ortega, Klick, Howard, Burkett, Neave, H.B. No. 28
et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Task Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The task force is a multidisciplinary advisory
committee within the department and is composed of the following 17
[15] members:
(1) 15 [13] members appointed by the commissioner as
follows:
(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics,
at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist;
(B) one certified nurse-midwife;
(C) one registered nurse;
(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery;
(E) one physician specializing in family
practice;
(F) [(E)] one physician specializing in
psychiatry;
(G) [(F)] one physician specializing in
pathology;
(H) [(G)] one epidemiologist, biostatistician,
or researcher of pregnancy-related deaths;
(I) [(H)] one social worker or social service
provider;
(J) [(I)] one community advocate in a relevant
field; [and]
(K) [(J)] one medical examiner or coroner
responsible for recording deaths; and
(
L) one physician specializing in critical care;
(2) a representative of the department's family and
community health programs; and
(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the
epidemiologist's designee.
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.