Bill Text: TX HB3372 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3372 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Public Health [HB3372 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3372-Introduced.html

	84R11164 KKR-D

	By: Gutierrez	H.B. No. 3372



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum
	depression under the medical assistance program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. 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 eight-month period
	after the date the woman gives birth.
	(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
	Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
	section.
	SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.