85R14339 DMS-D     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1929       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a report on maternal mortality and the continuation of   the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by   adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows:          Sec. 34.0155.  REPORT ON MATERNAL MORTALITY. The commission   shall:                 (1)  evaluate options for reducing maternal mortality,   focusing on the most prevalent causes of maternal death as   identified in the task force's biennial report required under   Section 34.015; and                (2)  submit a written report that summarizes the   commission's efforts to accomplish the tasks described by   Subdivision (1) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the   speaker of the house of representatives, the Legislative Budget   Board, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature   not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.          SECTION 2.  Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 34.018.  SUNSET PROVISION. The task force is subject to   Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued   in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force is   abolished and this chapter expires December 31, 2023 [September 1,   2019].          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.