Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R13361 AB-D
2	2	By: Guerra H.B. No. 4122
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid
10	10	benefits for certain postpartum women.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
13	13	is amended by adding Section 32.0631 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 32.0631. ANNUAL NOTICE TO CERTAIN PROVIDERS REGARDING
15	15	POSTPARTUM MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY. The commission shall annually
16	16	provide written notice to each health care provider who regularly
17	17	provides health care services to Medicaid recipients who are
18	18	pregnant women or newborn children:
19	19	(1) informing or reminding the providers that a
20	20	postpartum woman is eligible for medical assistance for a 12-month
21	21	period beginning on the last day of the woman's pregnancy in
22	22	accordance with Section 32.024(l-1); and
23	23	(2) encouraging providers to educate Medicaid
24	24	recipients who are mothers or the prospective mothers of newborn
25	25	children about the 12-month eligibility period described by
26	26	Subdivision (1).
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
30	30	or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
31	31	gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
32	32	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
33	33	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
34	34	resource pamphlet that includes:
35	35	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
36	36	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
37	37	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
38	38	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
39	39	parenting;
40	40	(B) information regarding the prevention of
41	41	shaken baby syndrome including:
42	42	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
43	43	by a crying baby;
44	44	(ii) different methods for preventing a
45	45	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
46	46	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
47	47	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
48	48	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
49	49	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
50	50	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
51	51	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
52	52	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
53	53	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
54	54	for the administration of those immunizations;
55	55	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
56	56	procedures for newborn screening;
57	57	(E) information regarding sudden infant death
58	58	syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
59	59	conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome;
60	60	(F) educational information in both English and
61	61	Spanish on:
62	62	(i) pertussis disease and the availability
63	63	of a vaccine to protect against pertussis, including information on
64	64	the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that
65	65	parents receive Tdap during the postpartum period to protect
66	66	newborns from the transmission of pertussis; and
67	67	(ii) the incidence of cytomegalovirus,
68	68	birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus, and available
69	69	resources for the family of an infant born with congenital
70	70	cytomegalovirus; and
71	71	(G) the danger of heatstroke for a child left
72	72	unattended in a motor vehicle;
73	73	(2) if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance
74	74	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the
75	75	father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a
76	76	resource guide that includes information in both English and
77	77	Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child
78	78	from birth until age five, including information relating to:
79	79	(A) selecting and interacting with a primary
80	80	health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the
81	81	child;
82	82	(B) dental care;
83	83	(C) effective parenting;
84	84	(D) child safety;
85	85	(E) the importance of reading to a child;
86	86	(F) expected developmental milestones;
87	87	(G) health care resources available in the state;
88	88	(H) selecting appropriate child care; [and]
89	89	(I) other resources available in the state; and
90	90	(J) the woman's eligibility for medical
91	91	assistance for a 12-month period beginning on the last day of the
92	92	woman's pregnancy in accordance with Section 32.024(l-1), Human
93	93	Resources Code;
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, 2025, the
101	101	Department of State Health Services shall include the information
102	102	required by Section 161.501(a)(2)(J), 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)(2)(J), 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, 2026.
110	110	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.