By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1941
(Zwiener)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a strategic plan to address hyperemesis gravidarum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 32.047 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.047. HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM STRATEGIC PLAN. (a)
In this section, "hyperemesis gravidarum" means a disorder that
causes a woman to experience extreme, persistent nausea and
vomiting during pregnancy that may lead to dehydration, weight
loss, or electrolyte imbalance.
(b) The commission shall develop and implement a five-year
strategic plan to improve the diagnosis and treatment of and raise
public awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum. Not later than
September 1 of the last state fiscal year in each five-year period,
the commission shall develop a new strategic plan for the next five
state fiscal years that begins with the following state fiscal
year.
(c) The strategic plan must provide strategies to:
(1) increase awareness among state-administered
program providers who may serve women at risk of or experiencing
hyperemesis gravidarum about the prevalence and effects of
hyperemesis gravidarum on outcomes for women and children;
(2) establish a referral network of community-based
health care providers and support services addressing hyperemesis
gravidarum;
(3) increase women's access to formal and informal
peer support services, including access to certified peer
specialists who have successfully completed additional training
related to hyperemesis gravidarum;
(4) raise public awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum;
and
(5) leverage sources of funding to support existing
community-based hyperemesis gravidarum screening, referral,
treatment, and support services.
(d) The commission shall coordinate with the department and
the statewide health coordinating council in the development of the
strategic plan.
(e) The commission, in consultation with the department and
the statewide health coordinating council, shall annually review
the strategic plan and update the plan as necessary.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2022, the Health and
Human Services Commission shall develop the initial strategic plan
required by Section 32.047, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.