Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3339 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R2825 JDK-D
2	2	By: Ward Johnson H.B. No. 3339
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a study on maternal mortality and morbidity among Black
10	10	women in this state.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. (a) In this section:
13	13	(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health
14	14	Services.
15	15	(2) "Review committee" means the Texas Maternal
16	16	Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee established under Chapter
17	17	34, Health and Safety Code.
18	18	(b) The review committee and the department shall jointly
19	19	conduct a study to evaluate maternal mortality and morbidity among
20	20	Black women in this state. In conducting the study, the review
21	21	committee and department shall:
22	22	(1) compare maternal mortality and morbidity rates
23	23	among Black women in this state to maternal mortality and morbidity
24	24	rates among each other race and ethnicity;
25	25	(2) compare maternal mortality and morbidity rates
26	26	among Black women in this state in relation to their socioeconomic
27	27	status and education level;
28	28	(3) assess the impact of social determinants of
29	29	health, including an evaluation of data on pregnancy-related
30	30	deaths, pregnancy-related complications almost resulting in death,
31	31	and morbidities, to identify any correlation in that data to women
32	32	who are uninsured, receive health care coverage under Medicaid, or
33	33	receive health care coverage through a private health benefit plan
34	34	issuer;
35	35	(4) evaluate the impact of the following health
36	36	conditions on maternal mortality and morbidity:
37	37	(A) cardiac health conditions;
38	38	(B) preeclampsia, eclampsia, and other
39	39	hypertensive disorders;
40	40	(C) hemorrhage;
41	41	(D) obesity; and
42	42	(E) stress-related health conditions; and
43	43	(5) assess the effect on maternal mortality and
44	44	morbidity among Black women of implicit biases held by health care
45	45	providers against Black individuals.
46	46	(c) Based on the results of the study conducted under this
47	47	section, the review committee and department shall develop
48	48	recommendations to address disparities in maternal mortality and
49	49	morbidity among Black women, including recommendations on:
50	50	(1) strategies to reduce the incidence of
51	51	pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity;
52	52	(2) patient outreach and education;
53	53	(3) health care provider training, including a
54	54	recommendation on the potential benefit of training on cultural
55	55	competency and implicit biases against Black individuals;
56	56	(4) best practices identified as successful in
57	57	reducing maternal mortality and morbidity; and
58	58	(5) the implementation in this state of programs
59	59	operating in other states that have reduced maternal mortality and
60	60	morbidity rates.
61	61	(d) Not later than September 1, 2026, the review committee
62	62	and department shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant
63	63	governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate
64	64	standing committees of the legislature a written report summarizing
65	65	the results of the study and including the recommendations
66	66	developed under this section. The report may be consolidated with
67	67	the biennial report required under Section 34.015, Health and
68	68	Safety Code.
69	69	SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2026.
70	70	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	71	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	72	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	73	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	74	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.