| 1 | 1 | | 88R13778 LRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lalani H.B. No. 3626 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 a maternal health care workforce campaign. |
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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. Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 32.0215 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 32.0215. MATERNAL HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE CAMPAIGN. (a) |
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| 12 | 12 | | In this section, "maternal health care professional" means a health |
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| 13 | 13 | | care professional who is certified or licensed in this state to |
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| 14 | 14 | | provide maternal health care, including a doula and an individual |
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| 15 | 15 | | who provides nonmedical support during pregnancy, labor, delivery, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and the postpartum period. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) Using available resources, the department shall develop |
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| 18 | 18 | | and implement a public outreach campaign to increase the number of |
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| 19 | 19 | | maternal health care professionals in this state's health care |
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| 20 | 20 | | workforce to improve access to maternal health care in rural areas |
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| 21 | 21 | | of this state and other areas with a shortage of maternal health |
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| 22 | 22 | | care professionals. The department shall design the campaign to: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) facilitate the implementation of trauma-informed |
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| 24 | 24 | | care training programs for all maternal health care professionals; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) prioritize continuing education for maternal |
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| 26 | 26 | | health care professionals; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) facilitate the implementation of training |
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| 28 | 28 | | programs to increase the number of maternal health care |
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| 29 | 29 | | professionals in rural areas of this state and other areas with a |
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| 30 | 30 | | shortage of maternal health care professionals; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) increase the overall capacity of the maternal |
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| 32 | 32 | | health care workforce in this state, including by investing in |
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| 33 | 33 | | maternal health care equipment and locations that provide maternal |
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| 34 | 34 | | health care; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) facilitate the implementation of training |
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| 36 | 36 | | programs to increase in the maternal health care workforce the |
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| 37 | 37 | | number of health care professionals who are members of racial or |
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| 38 | 38 | | ethnic minority groups; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (6) facilitate the implementation of maternal health |
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| 40 | 40 | | care programs to improve access to maternal health care and provide |
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| 41 | 41 | | services to women of underserved racial or ethnic minority groups. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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| 43 | 43 | | to implement this section. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall develop |
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| 46 | 46 | | and implement the maternal health care workforce campaign required |
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| 47 | 47 | | by Section 32.0215, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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