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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to a maternal health training program for certain health |
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| 7 | 9 | | care providers. |
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| 8 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 12 | | amended by adding Chapter 34A to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | CHAPTER 34A. MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE |
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| 12 | 14 | | PROVIDERS |
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| 13 | 15 | | Sec. 34A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (1) "Health care provider" and "maternal morbidity" |
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| 15 | 17 | | have the meanings assigned by Section 34.001. |
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| 16 | 18 | | (2) "Review committee" means the Texas Maternal |
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| 17 | 19 | | Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee established under Chapter |
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| 18 | 20 | | 34. |
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| 19 | 21 | | (3) "TexasAIM" means the program established by the |
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| 20 | 22 | | department in collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on |
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| 21 | 23 | | Maternal Health and the Texas Hospital Association to assist health |
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| 22 | 24 | | care providers with implementing maternal safety projects and |
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| 23 | 25 | | decreasing incidents of preventable maternal death and severe |
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| 24 | 26 | | maternal morbidity by applying best practices for maternal safety |
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| 25 | 27 | | and improving maternal health care. |
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| 26 | 28 | | (4) "Training program" means the maternal health |
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| 27 | 29 | | training program established under Section 34A.002. |
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| 28 | 30 | | Sec. 34A.002. MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The |
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| 29 | 31 | | department shall develop and implement a training program for |
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| 30 | 32 | | health care providers providing health care services to maternal |
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| 31 | 33 | | patients in this state. |
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| 32 | 34 | | (b) The training program must ensure health care providers |
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| 33 | 35 | | providing health care services to maternal patients are equipped to |
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| 34 | 36 | | deliver consistent, superior health care services. |
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| 35 | 37 | | (c) The department shall collaborate with the review |
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| 36 | 38 | | committee to establish the training program curriculum. The |
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| 37 | 39 | | training program curriculum must include: |
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| 38 | 40 | | (1) evidence-based protocols for obstetric |
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| 39 | 41 | | emergencies; |
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| 40 | 42 | | (2) TexasAIM maternal safety best practices for |
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| 41 | 43 | | specific maternal and postpartum conditions; |
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| 42 | 44 | | (3) maternal safety simulations; and |
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| 43 | 45 | | (4) other information the review committee recommends |
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| 44 | 46 | | regarding best practices for reducing maternal mortality and |
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| 45 | 47 | | morbidity rates. |
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| 46 | 48 | | (d) The executive commissioner by rule shall require health |
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| 47 | 49 | | care providers providing health care services to maternal patients |
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| 48 | 50 | | to participate in the training program. |
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| 49 | 51 | | Sec. 34A.003. RULES. The executive commissioner shall |
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| 50 | 52 | | adopt rules as necessary to establish and implement the training |
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| 51 | 53 | | program under this chapter, including rules regarding monitoring |
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| 52 | 54 | | health care provider compliance. |
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| 53 | 55 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 54 | 56 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 55 | 57 | | Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Chapter 34A, |
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| 56 | 58 | | Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 57 | 59 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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