Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB252 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R1952 JG-D
2	2	By: Farrar H.B. No. 252
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to increasing awareness of the dangers of exposing
8	8	children to secondhand smoke.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
13	13	or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
14	14	gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
15	15	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
16	16	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
17	17	resource pamphlet that includes:
18	18	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
19	19	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
20	20	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
21	21	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
22	22	parenting;
23	23	(B) information regarding the prevention of
24	24	shaken baby syndrome including:
25	25	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
26	26	by a crying baby;
27	27	(ii) different methods for preventing a
28	28	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
29	29	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
30	30	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
31	31	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
32	32	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
33	33	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
34	34	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
35	35	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
36	36	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
37	37	for the administration of those immunizations;
38	38	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
39	39	procedures for newborn screening;
40	40	(E) information regarding sudden infant death
41	41	syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
42	42	conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome;
43	43	(F) educational information in both English and
44	44	Spanish on:
45	45	(i) pertussis disease and the availability
46	46	of a vaccine to protect against pertussis, including information on
47	47	the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that
48	48	parents receive Tdap during the postpartum period to protect
49	49	newborns from the transmission of pertussis; and
50	50	(ii) the incidence of cytomegalovirus,
51	51	birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus, and available
52	52	resources for the family of an infant born with congenital
53	53	cytomegalovirus; [and]
54	54	(G) the danger of heatstroke for a child left
55	55	unattended in a motor vehicle; and
56	56	(H) information in both English and Spanish from
57	57	reputable sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and
58	58	Prevention and the surgeon general of the United States Public
59	59	Health Service, regarding the dangers of exposing a newborn,
60	60	infant, or other child to secondhand smoke and available resources
61	61	to assist a person who wants to stop smoking;
62	62	(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
63	63	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
64	64	father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
65	65	resource guide that includes information in both English and
66	66	Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
67	67	from birth until age five, including information relating to:
68	68	(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
69	69	health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
70	70	child;
71	71	(B) dental care;
72	72	(C) effective parenting;
73	73	(D) child safety;
74	74	(E) the importance of reading to a child;
75	75	(F) expected developmental milestones;
76	76	(G) health care resources available in the state;
77	77	(H) selecting appropriate child care; and
78	78	(I) other resources available in the state;
79	79	(3) document in the woman's record that the woman
80	80	received the resource pamphlet described in Subdivision (1) and the
81	81	resource guide described in Subdivision (2), if applicable; and
82	82	(4) retain the documentation for at least five years
83	83	in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
84	84	or midwife's records.
85	85	SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2019, the
86	86	Department of State Health Services shall make the informational
87	87	materials required by Section 161.501(a)(1), Health and Safety
88	88	Code, as amended by this Act, available on its Internet website.
89	89	(b) Notwithstanding Section 161.501(a)(1)(H), Health and
90	90	Safety Code, as added by this Act, a facility is not required to
91	91	comply with that provision until January 1, 2020.
92	92	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.