Bill Text: TX HB2703 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a work group on the establishment of a maternal mortality and morbidity data registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2703 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2703-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a work group on the establishment of a maternal mortality and morbidity data registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2703 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2703-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2703 |
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relating to the establishment of a maternal mortality and morbidity | ||
data registry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 34.019 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 34.019. DATA REGISTRY. (a) In this section, | ||
"registry" means the data registry established under this section. | ||
(b) The task force, in collaboration with the commission and | ||
participating health care providers, shall establish a data | ||
registry on the task force's Internet website that contains data of | ||
participating health care providers on the frequency and | ||
characteristics of maternal mortality and morbidity during and | ||
following delivery. | ||
(c) A health care provider, including a public or private | ||
hospital, medical school, or clinic, may participate in the | ||
registry by: | ||
(1) collecting data at the time a pregnant woman is | ||
admitted for delivery, on the day of delivery, 42 days postpartum, | ||
and 364 days postpartum; | ||
(2) providing collected data to the registry on a | ||
daily basis; and | ||
(3) complying with all applicable federal and state | ||
laws relating to confidentiality and quality of health care | ||
information for data provided to the registry. | ||
(d) Data collected by a participating health care provider | ||
must include: | ||
(1) discharge data cross-referenced with birth and | ||
death certificates provided by the department; | ||
(2) clinical data on the health status of patients and | ||
the health care provided to those patients by a provider over time, | ||
including: | ||
(A) data on the most common high-risk conditions, | ||
such as hemorrhaging and pregnancy-induced hypertension; and | ||
(B) notifiable deaths, including stillbirths, | ||
infants born alive who die within 12 months of birth, and women who | ||
die during pregnancy or were pregnant in the 12 months preceding | ||
death; | ||
(3) demographic data from a provider's admission | ||
information; | ||
(4) data quality indicators to ensure the data is not | ||
missing or inconsistent; and | ||
(5) provider statistics, including: | ||
(A) total live births; | ||
(B) maternal age distributions; | ||
(C) maternal and infant race and ethnicity | ||
distributions; | ||
(D) health benefit plan issuer distributions; | ||
(E) incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and | ||
hemorrhage among patients; | ||
(F) gestational age distributions; | ||
(G) birth weight distributions; | ||
(H) total preterm birth rate; | ||
(I) rate of vaginal deliveries; and | ||
(J) rate of cesarean sections. | ||
(e) The task force shall ensure the registry's data is | ||
updated at the time a participating provider enters data into the | ||
registry. | ||
(f) The task force shall annually analyze the data collected | ||
for the registry and prepare and submit a report on the analysis to | ||
the department and all participating health care providers. The | ||
task force shall publish the report on the task force's Internet | ||
website. | ||
(g) The task force shall fund the registry using existing | ||
resources and grants and donations provided for the registry. | ||
(h) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 34.019, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not | ||
later than December 1, 2019. | ||
(b) The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force shall | ||
establish the data registry under Section 34.019, Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |