Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R10459 JG-F
2	2	By: Powell S.B. No. 2301
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the maternal peer support pilot program for perinatal
8	8	mood disorder.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
12	12	SUBCHAPTER E. MATERNAL PEER SUPPORT PILOT PROGRAM
13	13	Sec. 32.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "pilot
14	14	program" means the maternal peer support pilot program established
15	15	under this subchapter.
16	16	Sec. 32.102. ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
17	17	commission shall establish and operate the maternal peer support
18	18	pilot program to reduce the risk and manage the effects of perinatal
19	19	mood disorders in women through the delivery of peer support
20	20	services at federally qualified health centers located in the
21	21	geographic areas in which the pilot program operates.
22	22	(b) The commission shall establish the pilot program in
23	23	three counties in this state that:
24	24	(1) either:
25	25	(A) are within an area designated as a mental
26	26	health professional shortage area; or
27	27	(B) have high rates of maternal mortality and
28	28	morbidity as determined by the commission in consultation with the
29	29	Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force established under
30	30	Chapter 34; and
31	31	(2) include at least one rural county and one county
32	32	with a population of at least one million.
33	33	Sec. 32.103. OPERATION OF PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In
34	34	establishing the pilot program, the commission shall:
35	35	(1) develop a strategy for federally qualified health
36	36	centers participating in the pilot program and persons responsible
37	37	for training to collaborate on the training, certification, and
38	38	guidance of peer support specialists;
39	39	(2) seek comments regarding best practices for the
40	40	design and implementation of the pilot program from relevant
41	41	interested persons, including mental health care providers, local
42	42	mental health authorities, certified peer support specialists and
43	43	affiliated organizations, women's health care providers, and
44	44	individuals who have personal experience with perinatal mood
45	45	disorders;
46	46	(3) develop specialized training to:
47	47	(A) identify and treat symptoms of perinatal mood
48	48	disorders; and
49	49	(B) provide peer support services to pregnant
50	50	women and new mothers;
51	51	(4) develop a strategy for peer support specialists
52	52	participating in the pilot program to provide peer support services
53	53	through telemedicine or telehealth services;
54	54	(5) collaborate with federally qualified health
55	55	centers participating in the pilot program to integrate the
56	56	delivery of peer support services with the health care services
57	57	provided by the centers to women during pregnancy and within one
58	58	year of giving birth;
59	59	(6) create a protocol for referring to peer support
60	60	services women who are diagnosed as having or identified as being at
61	61	risk of developing a perinatal mood disorder;
62	62	(7) ensure that services provided by peer support
63	63	specialists under the pilot program are within the scope of a
64	64	practice of care prescribed by commission rule for peer support
65	65	specialists who provide similar services; and
66	66	(8) develop a method for collecting data on:
67	67	(A) maternal health and mental health outcomes;
68	68	and
69	69	(B) substance use by women receiving peer support
70	70	services through the pilot program.
71	71	(b) A peer support specialist who provides peer support
72	72	services through the pilot program shall:
73	73	(1) provide peer support services to women who:
74	74	(A) based on the results of a postpartum
75	75	depression screening or other screening tool, are diagnosed as
76	76	having or identified as being at risk of developing a perinatal mood
77	77	disorder; and
78	78	(B) are interested in receiving peer support
79	79	services; and
80	80	(2) through the use of the specialist's personal
81	81	experience with perinatal mood disorders:
82	82	(A) provide guidance to the women;
83	83	(B) if necessary, advocate for the women to
84	84	receive mental health care services or other specialized health
85	85	care services; and
86	86	(C) provide the women with information on mental
87	87	health care resources as necessary.
88	88	Sec. 32.104. FUNDING. In addition to money appropriated by
89	89	the legislature, the commission may accept gifts, grants, and
90	90	donations from any source for the purpose of establishing the pilot
91	91	program and compensating peer support specialists under the pilot
92	92	program.
93	93	Sec. 32.105. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2021, the
94	94	commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant
95	95	governor, and legislature a written report that:
96	96	(1) evaluates the success of the pilot program in
97	97	reducing perinatal mood disorders and substance use in women who
98	98	received peer support services under the pilot program; and
99	99	(2) recommends whether the pilot program should be
100	100	continued, expanded, or terminated.
101	101	Sec. 32.106. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September 1,
102	102	2023.
103	103	SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 31, 2019, the
104	104	executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
105	105	shall adopt rules as necessary to establish the pilot program as
106	106	required by Subchapter E, Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, as
107	107	added by this Act.
108	108	(b) Not later than June 31, 2020, the Health and Human
109	109	Services Commission shall establish the pilot program as required
110	110	by Subchapter E, Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, as added by
111	111	this Act.
112	112	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.