Bill Text: TX HB3115 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal programs.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Left pending in committee [HB3115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3115-Introduced.html
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| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3115 | |
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| relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum | ||
| depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal | ||
| programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER E. CHIP PERINATAL PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 62.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "postpartum | ||
| depression" means a disorder with postpartum onset that is | ||
| categorized as a mood disorder by the American Psychiatric | ||
| Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental | ||
| Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or a subsequent edition adopted by | ||
| rule by the executive commissioner of the commission. | ||
| Sec. 62.202. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a) | ||
| The covered services under the CHIP perinatal program must include, | ||
| for each woman who gives birth to a child who is enrolled in the CHIP | ||
| perinatal program before birth, screening and treatment for | ||
| postpartum depression for the 12-month period after the date the | ||
| woman gives birth to the child. | ||
| (b) The coverage for postpartum depression provided under | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) must provide mental health services to a woman | ||
| regardless of whether the woman has been found to be a danger to | ||
| herself or others; and | ||
| (2) may not place an arbitrary or artificial limit on | ||
| the amount of services that may be provided. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner of the commission shall | ||
| adopt rules necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.0249. SERVICES RELATED TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. | ||
| (a) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a | ||
| disorder with postpartum onset that is categorized as a mood | ||
| disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic | ||
| and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), or | ||
| a subsequent edition adopted by rule by the executive commissioner | ||
| of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
| (b) The department shall provide to a woman who receives | ||
| medical assistance benefits during a pregnancy screening and | ||
| treatment for postpartum depression for the 12-month period after | ||
| the date the woman gives birth. | ||
| (c) The department shall provide mental health services to a | ||
| woman under Subsection (b) regardless of whether the woman has been | ||
| found to be a danger to herself or others. | ||
| (d) The department may not place an arbitrary or artificial | ||
| limit on the amount of services that may be provided under | ||
| Subsection (b). | ||
| (e) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
| federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
| the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
| authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
| waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
