88R6193 KKR-F
By: Howard, et al. H.B. No. 2873
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a strategic plan for improving maternal health,
including the consolidation and repeal of certain planning and
reporting requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0223 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0223. MATERNAL HEALTH STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The
commission shall develop and implement a strategic plan for
improving maternal health outcomes under programs administered by
this state that provide services to women during and following a
pregnancy. The strategic plan must include strategies for:
(1) improving access to screening, referral,
treatment, and support services for perinatal depression,
hyperemesis gravidarum, and other major pregnancy-related health
complications;
(2) improving the quality of maternal health care
provided under Medicaid, the child health plan perinatal program,
other health care programs administered by this state, and state
health plans; and
(3) reducing pregnancy-related deaths, focusing on
the most prevalent causes of those deaths.
(b) In developing the strategic plan, the commission shall
consult with the Department of State Health Services, the statewide
health coordinating council, and other maternal health experts as
the commission determines necessary.
(c) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year,
the commission shall provide the strategic plan developed under
this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
of the house of representatives, the Senate Health and Human
Services Committee, the House Public Health Committee, and the
House Human Services Committee.
SECTION 2. Section 34.0155, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 34.0155. OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING [REPORT
ON] PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS, SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY, AND
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. The commission shall:
(1) evaluate options for reducing pregnancy-related
deaths, focusing on the most prevalent causes of pregnancy-related
deaths as identified in the joint biennial report required under
Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in
economically disadvantaged women; and
(2) in coordination with the department and the review
committee, identify strategies to:
(A) lower costs of providing medical assistance
under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, related to severe maternal
morbidity and chronic illness; and
(B) improve quality outcomes related to the
underlying causes of severe maternal morbidity and chronic
illness[; and
[(3) not later than December 1 of each even-numbered
year, submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
of the house of representatives, the Legislative Budget Board, and
the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a written
report that includes:
[(A) a summary of the commission's and
department's efforts to accomplish the tasks described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2); and
[(B) a summary of the report required by Section
34.0156].
SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Health and
Safety Code are repealed:
(1) Section 32.046;
(2) Section 32.047;
(3) Sections 32.155(d) and (e);
(4) Section 34.0158; and
(5) Section 34.020(f).
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.