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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a maternal health training program for certain health |
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care providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 34A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 34A. MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE |
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PROVIDERS |
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Sec. 34A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Health care provider" and "maternal morbidity" |
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have the meanings assigned by Section 34.001. |
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(2) "Review committee" means the Texas Maternal |
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Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee established under Chapter |
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34. |
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(3) "TexasAIM" means the program established by the |
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department in collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on |
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Maternal Health and the Texas Hospital Association to assist health |
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care providers with implementing maternal safety projects and |
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decreasing incidents of preventable maternal death and severe |
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maternal morbidity by applying best practices for maternal safety |
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and improving maternal health care. |
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(4) "Training program" means the maternal health |
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training program established under Section 34A.002. |
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Sec. 34A.002. MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The |
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department shall develop and implement a training program for |
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health care providers providing health care services to maternal |
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patients in this state. |
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(b) The training program must ensure health care providers |
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providing health care services to maternal patients are equipped to |
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deliver consistent, superior health care services. |
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(c) The department shall collaborate with the review |
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committee to establish the training program curriculum. The |
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training program curriculum must include: |
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(1) evidence-based protocols for obstetric |
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emergencies; |
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(2) TexasAIM maternal safety best practices for |
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specific maternal and postpartum conditions; |
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(3) maternal safety simulations; and |
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(4) other information the review committee recommends |
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regarding best practices for reducing maternal mortality and |
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morbidity rates. |
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(d) The executive commissioner and each appropriate |
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licensing authority of a health care provider by rule shall require |
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health care providers providing health care services to maternal |
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patients to participate in the training program. |
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Sec. 34A.003. RULES. The executive commissioner shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to establish and implement the training |
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program under this chapter, including rules regarding monitoring |
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health care provider compliance. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission and each appropriate licensing authority of a |
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health care provider shall adopt the rules required by Chapter 34A, |
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Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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