| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to a strategic plan to address hyperemesis gravidarum. |
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| 6 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Health and Safety |
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| 8 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 32.047 to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 11 | | Sec. 32.047. HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) |
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| 10 | 12 | | In this section, "hyperemesis gravidarum" means a disorder that |
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| 11 | 13 | | causes a woman to experience extreme, persistent nausea and |
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| 12 | 14 | | vomiting during pregnancy that may lead to dehydration, weight |
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| 13 | 15 | | loss, or electrolyte imbalance. |
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| 14 | 16 | | (b) The commission shall develop and implement a five-year |
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| 15 | 17 | | strategic plan to improve the diagnosis and treatment of and raise |
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| 16 | 18 | | public awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum. Not later than |
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| 17 | 19 | | September 1 of the last state fiscal year in each five-year period, |
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| 18 | 20 | | the commission shall develop a new strategic plan for the next five |
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| 19 | 21 | | state fiscal years that begins with the following state fiscal |
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| 20 | 22 | | year. |
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| 21 | 23 | | (c) The strategic plan must provide strategies to: |
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| 22 | 24 | | (1) increase awareness among state-administered |
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| 23 | 25 | | program providers who may serve women at risk of or experiencing |
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| 24 | 26 | | hyperemesis gravidarum about the prevalence and effects of |
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| 25 | 27 | | hyperemesis gravidarum on outcomes for women and children; |
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| 26 | 28 | | (2) establish a referral network of community-based |
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| 27 | 29 | | health care providers and support services addressing hyperemesis |
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| 28 | 30 | | gravidarum; |
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| 29 | 31 | | (3) increase women's access to formal and informal |
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| 30 | 32 | | peer support services, including access to certified peer |
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| 31 | 33 | | specialists who have successfully completed additional training |
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| 32 | 34 | | related to hyperemesis gravidarum; |
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| 33 | 35 | | (4) raise public awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum; |
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| 34 | 36 | | and |
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| 35 | 37 | | (5) leverage sources of funding to support existing |
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| 36 | 38 | | community-based hyperemesis gravidarum screening, referral, |
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| 37 | 39 | | treatment, and support services. |
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| 38 | 40 | | (d) The commission shall coordinate with the department and |
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| 39 | 41 | | the statewide health coordinating council in the development of the |
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| 40 | 42 | | strategic plan. |
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| 41 | 43 | | (e) The commission, in consultation with the department and |
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| 42 | 44 | | the statewide health coordinating council, shall annually review |
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| 43 | 45 | | the strategic plan and update the plan as necessary. |
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| 44 | 46 | | SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2022, the Health and |
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| 45 | 47 | | Human Services Commission shall develop the initial strategic plan |
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| 46 | 48 | | required by Section 32.047, Health and Safety Code, as added by this |
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| 47 | 49 | | Act. |
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| 48 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 49 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 50 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1941 passed the Senate on |
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| 52 | | - | May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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| 53 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 55 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1941 passed the House on |
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| 56 | | - | May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 40, two |
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| 57 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 58 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 60 | | - | Approved: |
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| 61 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 62 | | - | Date |
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| 63 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | | - | Governor |
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