Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R9823 KKR-D
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 1458
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid
8	8	benefits in relation to newborn children.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
11	11	is amended by adding Section 32.0631 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 32.0631. ANNUAL NOTICE TO CERTAIN PROVIDERS REGARDING
13	13	USE OF MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS WITH RESPECT TO NEWBORN
14	14	CHILDREN. The commission shall annually provide written notice to
15	15	each health care provider who regularly provides health care
16	16	services to Medicaid recipients who are pregnant women or newborn
17	17	children:
18	18	(1) reminding the providers that when a newborn child
19	19	of a Medicaid recipient has not been assigned a Medicaid
20	20	identification number, the provider may use the recipient's
21	21	Medicaid identification number on any claim for reimbursement under
22	22	Medicaid; and
23	23	(2) encouraging providers to educate Medicaid
24	24	recipients who are mothers or the prospective mothers of newborn
25	25	children that the recipient may use the recipient's Medicaid
26	26	identification number until the recipient's newborn child is
27	27	enrolled in Medicaid.
28	28	SECTION 2. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
29	29	amended to read as follows:
30	30	(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
31	31	or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
32	32	gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
33	33	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
34	34	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
35	35	resource pamphlet that includes:
36	36	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
37	37	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
38	38	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
39	39	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
40	40	parenting;
41	41	(B) information regarding the prevention of
42	42	shaken baby syndrome including:
43	43	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
44	44	by a crying baby;
45	45	(ii) different methods for preventing a
46	46	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
47	47	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
48	48	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
49	49	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
50	50	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
51	51	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
52	52	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
53	53	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
54	54	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
55	55	for the administration of those immunizations;
56	56	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
57	57	procedures for newborn screening;
58	58	(E) information regarding sudden infant death
59	59	syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
60	60	conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome;
61	61	(F) educational information in both English and
62	62	Spanish on:
63	63	(i) pertussis disease and the availability
64	64	of a vaccine to protect against pertussis, including information on
65	65	the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that
66	66	parents receive Tdap during the postpartum period to protect
67	67	newborns from the transmission of pertussis; and
68	68	(ii) the incidence of cytomegalovirus,
69	69	birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus, and available
70	70	resources for the family of an infant born with congenital
71	71	cytomegalovirus; [and]
72	72	(G) the danger of heatstroke for a child left
73	73	unattended in a motor vehicle; and
74	74	(H) information about Medicaid benefits for
75	75	children, including eligibility requirements and the process for
76	76	applying for those benefits;
77	77	(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
78	78	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
79	79	father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
80	80	resource guide that includes information in both English and
81	81	Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
82	82	from birth until age five, including information relating to:
83	83	(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
84	84	health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
85	85	child;
86	86	(B) dental care;
87	87	(C) effective parenting;
88	88	(D) child safety;
89	89	(E) the importance of reading to a child;
90	90	(F) expected developmental milestones;
91	91	(G) health care resources available in the state;
92	92	(H) selecting appropriate child care; and
93	93	(I) other resources available in the state;
94	94	(3) document in the woman's record that the woman
95	95	received the resource pamphlet described in Subdivision (1) and the
96	96	resource guide described in Subdivision (2), if applicable; and
97	97	(4) retain the documentation for at least five years
98	98	in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
99	99	or midwife's records.
100	100	SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2023, the
101	101	Department of State Health Services shall include the information
102	102	required by Section 161.501(a)(1)(H), Health and Safety Code, as
103	103	added by this Act, in the informational materials required by that
104	104	section.
105	105	(b) Notwithstanding Section 161.501(a)(1)(H), Health and
106	106	Safety Code, as added by this Act, a hospital, birthing center,
107	107	physician, nurse midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal care to
108	108	a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant is not
109	109	required to comply with that provision until January 1, 2024.
110	110	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.