By: Kolkhorst  S.B. No. 1929          (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read   first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;   April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 24, 2017,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1929 By:  Kolkhorst     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to maternal mortality and morbidity and pregnancy-related   deaths, including postpartum depression.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 34.005, Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 34.005.  DUTIES OF TASK FORCE.  The task force shall:                (1)  study and review:                      (A)  cases of  pregnancy-related deaths; and                      (B)  trends, rates, or disparities in maternal   mortality and in severe maternal morbidity;                (2)  determine the feasibility of the task force   studying cases of severe maternal morbidity; and                (3)  make recommendations to help reduce the incidence   of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in this   state.          SECTION 2.  Sections 34.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The department shall determine a statistically   significant number of cases of pregnancy-related deaths for   review.  The department shall either randomly select cases or   select all cases for the task force to review under this subsection   to reflect a cross-section of pregnancy-related deaths in this   state.          (b)  The department shall statistically analyze aggregate   data of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity in   this state to identify any trends, rates, or disparities.          SECTION 3.  Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by   adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows:          Sec. 34.0155.  REPORT ON MATERNAL MORTALITY AND   PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS. The commission shall:                 (1)  evaluate options for reducing maternal mortality,   focusing on the most prevalent causes of maternal mortality as   identified in the task force's biennial report required under   Section 34.015, and for treating postpartum depression in   economically disadvantaged women;                (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; and                (3)  to the extent authorized by state and federal law,   apply for federal money to fund the screening and treatment of   postpartum depression under Section 10005 of the 21st Century Cures   Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) and consider the   recommendations contained in the task force's biennial report in   using any federal grant money received.          SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *