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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 76 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 32.046 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 32.046. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) In |
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| 12 | 12 | | this section, "postpartum depression" means a disorder with |
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| 13 | 13 | | postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood disorder by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical |
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| 15 | 15 | | Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or a subsequent |
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| 16 | 16 | | edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The executive commissioner shall develop and the |
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| 18 | 18 | | department shall implement a five-year strategic plan to improve |
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| 19 | 19 | | access to postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and support services. Not later than September 1 of the last fiscal |
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| 21 | 21 | | year in each five-year period, the executive commissioner shall |
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| 22 | 22 | | develop a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years |
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| 23 | 23 | | beginning with the following fiscal year. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The strategic plan required under this section must |
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| 25 | 25 | | provide strategies to: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) increase awareness among state-administered |
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| 27 | 27 | | program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are |
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| 28 | 28 | | experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and |
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| 29 | 29 | | effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and |
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| 30 | 30 | | children; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) establish a referral network of community-based |
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| 32 | 32 | | mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum |
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| 33 | 33 | | depression; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) increase women's access to formal and informal |
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| 35 | 35 | | peer support services, including access to certified peer |
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| 36 | 36 | | specialists who have received additional training related to |
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| 37 | 37 | | postpartum depression; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) raise public awareness of and reduce the stigma |
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| 39 | 39 | | related to postpartum depression; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) leverage sources of funding to support existing |
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| 41 | 41 | | community-based postpartum depression screening, referral, |
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| 42 | 42 | | treatment, and support services. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) The executive commissioner shall coordinate with the |
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| 44 | 44 | | statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental health |
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| 45 | 45 | | coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating |
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| 46 | 46 | | council in developing the strategic plan under this section. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (e) The executive commissioner shall update annually the |
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| 48 | 48 | | strategic plan developed under this section. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive |
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| 50 | 50 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 51 | 51 | | develop the initial strategic plan required by Section 32.046, |
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| 52 | 52 | | Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 54 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |
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