89R3673 JDK-D
By: Simmons H.B. No. 2140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity Review Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory
committee within the department and is composed of the following 25
[23] members:
(1) 23 [21] members appointed by the commissioner as
follows:
(A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics,
at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist;
(B) one certified nurse-midwife;
(C) one registered nurse;
(D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery;
(E) one physician specializing in family
practice;
(F) one physician specializing in psychiatry;
(G) one physician specializing in pathology;
(H) one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or
researcher of pregnancy-related deaths;
(I) one social worker or social service provider;
(J) two community members with experience in a
relevant health care field, including a field involving the
analysis of health care data, one of whom must represent an urban
area of this state and one of whom must represent a rural area of
this state;
(K) one medical examiner or coroner responsible
for recording deaths;
(L) one physician specializing in critical care;
(M) one physician specializing in emergency
care;
(N) one physician specializing in cardiology;
(O) one physician specializing in
anesthesiology;
(P) one physician specializing in oncology;
[and]
(Q) one representative of a managed care
organization;
(R) one doula; and
(S) one doula specializing in end-of-life care;
(2) a representative of the department's family and
community health programs; and
(3) the state epidemiologist for the department or the
epidemiologist's designee.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the commissioner of state health services shall
appoint members to the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Review Committee in accordance with Section 34.002, Health and
Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.