HB2140 - Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

  89R24481 AB-D     By: Simmons, Rose, Lalani, Ward Johnson H.B. No. 2140     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2140:     By:  VanDeaver C.S.H.B. No. 2140       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and   Morbidity Review Committee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory   committee within the department and is composed of the following 25   [ 23 ] members:                (1)   23 [ 21 ] members appointed by the commissioner as   follows:                      (A)  four physicians specializing in obstetrics,   at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist;                      (B)  one certified nurse-midwife;                      (C)  one registered nurse;                      (D)  one nurse specializing in labor and delivery;                      (E)  one physician specializing in family   practice;                      (F)  one physician specializing in psychiatry;                      (G)  one physician specializing in pathology;                      (H)  one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or   researcher of pregnancy-related deaths;                      (I)  one social worker or social service provider;                      (J)  two community members with experience in a   relevant health care field, including a field involving the   analysis of health care data, one of whom must represent an urban   area of this state and one of whom must represent a rural area of   this state;                      (K)  one medical examiner or coroner responsible   for recording deaths;                      (L)  one physician specializing in critical care;                      (M)  one physician specializing in emergency   care;                      (N)  one physician specializing in cardiology;                      (O)  one physician specializing in   anesthesiology;                      (P)  one physician specializing in oncology;   [ and ]                      (Q)  one representative of a managed care   organization; and                       (R)     two doulas, one of whom must have experience   providing care in an urban community, one of whom must have   experience providing care in a rural community, and at least one of   whom must specialize in end-of-life care;                (2)  a representative of the department's family and   community health programs; and                (3)  the state epidemiologist for the department or the   epidemiologist's designee.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the commissioner of state health services shall   appoint members to the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity   Review Committee in accordance with Section 34.002, Health and   Safety Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.