By: Minjarez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 405
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2019;
April 4, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Awareness Month.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.112. NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AWARENESS
MONTH. June is Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month to
increase awareness of neonatal abstinence syndrome and to
encourage:
(1) awareness of the dangers of opioid and substance
abuse during pregnancy to prevent neonatal abstinence syndrome;
(2) the creation and update of lists of recommended
materials to address neonatal abstinence syndrome available
through the Department of State Health Services and the Health and
Human Services Commission;
(3) electronic circulation of and posting on state and
local agency websites of recommended treatment and recovery
resources;
(4) the availability of resources for mothers-to-be
and new mothers with substance abuse disorders, including health
care services and recovery support services; and
(5) collaboration between state and federal
governmental agencies, hospitals, private health care practices,
health insurance providers, Medicaid providers, and mental health
agencies to increase awareness.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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