| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 405 |
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| 1 | + | By: Minjarez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 405 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 4, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
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| 6 | 12 | | Awareness Month. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | Sec. 662.112. NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AWARENESS |
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| 11 | 17 | | MONTH. June is Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month to |
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| 12 | 18 | | increase awareness of neonatal abstinence syndrome and to |
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| 13 | 19 | | encourage: |
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| 14 | 20 | | (1) awareness of the dangers of opioid and substance |
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| 15 | 21 | | abuse during pregnancy to prevent neonatal abstinence syndrome; |
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| 16 | 22 | | (2) the creation and update of lists of recommended |
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| 17 | 23 | | materials to address neonatal abstinence syndrome available |
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| 18 | 24 | | through the Department of State Health Services and the Health and |
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| 19 | 25 | | Human Services Commission; |
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| 20 | 26 | | (3) electronic circulation of and posting on state and |
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| 21 | 27 | | local agency websites of recommended treatment and recovery |
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| 22 | 28 | | resources; |
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| 23 | 29 | | (4) the availability of resources for mothers-to-be |
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| 24 | 30 | | and new mothers with substance abuse disorders, including health |
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| 25 | 31 | | care services and recovery support services; and |
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| 26 | 32 | | (5) collaboration between state and federal |
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| 27 | 33 | | governmental agencies, hospitals, private health care practices, |
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| 28 | 34 | | health insurance providers, Medicaid providers, and mental health |
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| 29 | 35 | | agencies to increase awareness. |
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| 30 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 405 was passed by the House on April |
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| 34 | | - | 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 35 | | - | voting. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 405 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Date |
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| 44 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Governor |
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| 37 | + | * * * * * |
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