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By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 76
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 32.046 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.046. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) In
this section, "postpartum depression" means a disorder with
postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood disorder by the
American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or a subsequent
edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner.
(b) The executive commissioner shall develop and the
department shall implement a five-year strategic plan to improve
access to postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment,
and support services. Not later than September 1 of the last fiscal
year in each five-year period, the executive commissioner shall
develop a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years
beginning with the following fiscal year.
(c) The strategic plan required under this section must
provide strategies to:
(1) increase awareness among state-administered
program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are
experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and
effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and
children;
(2) establish a referral network of community-based
mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum
depression;
(3) increase women's access to formal and informal
peer support services, including access to certified peer
specialists who have received additional training related to
postpartum depression;
(4) raise public awareness of and reduce the stigma
related to postpartum depression; and
(5) leverage sources of funding to support existing
community-based postpartum depression screening, referral,
treatment, and support services.
(d) The executive commissioner shall coordinate with the
statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental health
coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating
council in developing the strategic plan under this section.
(e) The executive commissioner shall update annually the
strategic plan developed under this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
develop the initial strategic plan required by Section 32.046,
Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 December 1, 2017.