| 1 | 1 | | 86R5721 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 4301 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to Medicaid coverage of doula services. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Subsection (nn) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (nn) The commission shall provide medical assistance |
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| 12 | 12 | | reimbursement for services provided by a doula, including |
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| 13 | 13 | | childbirth education and emotional and physical support provided |
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| 14 | 14 | | during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. The |
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| 15 | 15 | | executive commissioner by rule shall determine the doula services |
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| 16 | 16 | | to be covered and any doula certification requirements. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the executive |
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| 18 | 18 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 32.024(nn), Human |
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| 20 | 20 | | Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 22 | 22 | | a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional |
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| 23 | 23 | | authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation |
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| 24 | 24 | | of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that |
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| 26 | 26 | | provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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