Bill Text: TX HB2403 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study concerning maternal mortality and morbidity in the state's African American population.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2403 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2403-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study concerning maternal mortality and morbidity in the state's African American population.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2403 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2403-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2403 |
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relating to a study concerning maternal mortality and morbidity in | ||
the state's African American population. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task | ||
Force, within the Department of State Health Services, shall | ||
conduct a study to evaluate the causes of maternal mortality and | ||
morbidity in the state's African American population. The study | ||
must evaluate health conditions that disproportionately affect the | ||
African American population, including: | ||
(1) cardiac health conditions; | ||
(2) eclampsia; | ||
(3) hypertensive disorders; | ||
(4) obesity; and | ||
(5) stress-related health conditions. | ||
(b) The study must compare rates of maternal mortality and | ||
morbidity based on the socioeconomic status and level of education | ||
of the mother. | ||
(c) At the conclusion of the study, the Maternal Mortality | ||
and Morbidity Task Force shall develop recommendations on: | ||
(1) reducing the incidence of pregnancy-related | ||
deaths and severe maternal morbidity; | ||
(2) patient outreach and education; | ||
(3) health care provider training; | ||
(4) best practices that have been identified as | ||
successful in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity; and | ||
(5) programs operating in other states that have | ||
reduced maternal mortality and morbidity rates. | ||
(d) The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force shall | ||
include a written report that summarizes the study's findings and | ||
the task force's recommendations in the biennial report required | ||
under Section 34.015, Health and Safety Code, to be submitted not | ||
later than September 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |