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1		-	H.B. No. 253
	1	+	By: Farrar, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 253
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
	3	+	April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Health and Safety
8	14		Code, is amended by adding Section 32.046 to read as follows:
9	15		Sec. 32.046. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STRATEGIC PLAN. (a)
10	16		The commission shall develop and implement a five-year strategic
11	17		plan to improve access to postpartum depression screening,
12	18		referral, treatment, and support services. Not later than
13	19		September 1 of the last fiscal year in each five-year period, the
14	20		commission shall develop a new strategic plan for the next five
15	21		fiscal years beginning with the following fiscal year.
16	22		(b) The strategic plan must provide strategies to:
17	23		(1) increase awareness among state-administered
18	24		program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are
19	25		experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and
20	26		effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and
21	27		children;
22	28		(2) establish a referral network of community-based
23	29		mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum
24	30		depression;
25	31		(3) increase women's access to formal and informal
26	32		peer support services, including access to certified peer
27	33		specialists who have received additional training related to
28	34		postpartum depression;
29	35		(4) raise public awareness of and reduce the stigma
30	36		related to postpartum depression; and
31	37		(5) leverage sources of funding to support existing
32	38		community-based postpartum depression screening, referral,
33	39		treatment, and support services.
34	40		(c) The commission shall coordinate with the department,
35	41		the statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental
36	42		health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health
37	43		coordinating council in developing the strategic plan.
38	44		(d) The commission, in consultation with the department,
39	45		the statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental
40	46		health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health
41	47		coordinating council, shall annually review and update, as
42	48		necessary, the strategic plan.
43	49		(e) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression"
44	50		means a disorder in which a woman experiences moderate to severe
45	51		depression following a pregnancy, regardless of whether the
46	52		pregnancy resulted in birth, or an act defined by Section
47	53		245.002(1).
48	54		SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Health and
49	55		Human Services Commission shall develop the initial strategic plan
50	56		required by Section 32.046, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
51	57		Act.
52	58		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
53	59		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
54	60		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
55	61		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
56	62		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
57		-	______________________________ ______________________________
58		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
59		-	I certify that H.B. No. 253 was passed by the House on April
60		-	16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 89, Nays 55, 1 present, not
61		-	voting.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Chief Clerk of the House
64		-	I certify that H.B. No. 253 was passed by the Senate on May
65		-	15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Secretary of the Senate
68		-	APPROVED: _____________________
69		-	Date
70		-	_____________________
71		-	Governor
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