Bill Text: TX SB707 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to access to certain preventive health and family planning services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB707 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB707-Introduced.html

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84R7968 KKR/JSC-D
By: Garcia S.B. No. 707

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to certain preventive health and family planning
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.003(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A child may consent to medical, dental, psychological,
and surgical treatment for the child by a licensed physician or
dentist if the child:
(1) is on active duty with the armed services of the
United States of America;
(2) is:
(A) 16 years of age or older and resides separate
and apart from the child's parents, managing conservator, or
guardian, with or without the consent of the parents, managing
conservator, or guardian and regardless of the duration of the
residence; and
(B) managing the child's own financial affairs,
regardless of the source of the income;
(3) consents to the diagnosis and treatment of an
infectious, contagious, or communicable disease that is required by
law or a rule to be reported by the licensed physician or dentist to
a local health officer or the [Texas] Department of State Health
Services, including all diseases within the scope of Section
81.041, Health and Safety Code;
(4) is unmarried and pregnant and consents to
hospital, medical, or surgical treatment, other than abortion,
related to the pregnancy;
(5) consents to examination and treatment for drug or
chemical addiction, drug or chemical dependency, or any other
condition directly related to drug or chemical use;
(6) is unmarried, is the parent of a child, and has
actual custody of his or her child and consents to medical, dental,
psychological, or surgical treatment for the child; [or]
(7) is serving a term of confinement in a facility
operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, unless the treatment would constitute a prohibited
practice under Section 164.052(a)(19), Occupations Code; or
(8) is the mother of a child and consents to
examination or medical treatment, other than abortion, related to
family planning.
SECTION 2. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 49 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 49. ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
Sec. 49.001. AGE OF ELIGIBILITY. A minor who does not meet
the age requirement for eligibility for a program administered by
this state that provides family planning services is entitled to
receive family planning services from that program if the minor:
(1) meets all other eligibility criteria for that
program; and
(2) is the mother of a child.
Sec. 49.002. CONSENT. (a) A minor described by Section
49.001 may consent to family planning services provided by a
program administered by this state.
(b) A state program providing family planning services may
not require the consent of the minor's parent or guardian as a
condition for providing family planning services to a minor
described by Section 49.001.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0249. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN
TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health
Services.
(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(4) "Texas women's health program" means a program
operated by the department or the commission that is substantially
similar to the demonstration project operated by the department
under former Section 32.0248 and that is intended to expand access
to preventive health and family planning services for women in this
state.
(b) The department or the commission, as applicable, shall
automatically enroll a woman in the Texas women's health program
following a pregnancy for which the woman received benefits through
the medical assistance program if she:
(1) is younger than 20 years of age; and
(2) is no longer eligible to participate in the
medical assistance program.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a woman younger than 18
years of age who is enrolled in the Texas women's health program
under Subsection (b) may consent to family planning services
provided through the Texas women's health program, and a provider
under the Texas women's health program may not require the consent
of the woman's parent or guardian as a condition for providing
family planning services to the woman.
(d) To the extent possible, the department or the
commission, as applicable, shall modify applicable administrative
procedures to ensure that a woman described by Subsection (b)
maintains continuous eligibility for any services provided by both
the medical assistance program and the Texas women's health program
during the transition from participation in the medical assistance
program to participation in the Texas women's health program.
(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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, 2015.