Bill Text: TX HB3372 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Public Health [HB3372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3372-Introduced.html
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By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 3372 |
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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. |