HB4122 - Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits for certain postpartum women.

  89R13361 AB-D     By: Guerra H.B. No. 4122       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid   benefits for certain postpartum women.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 32.0631 to read as follows:           Sec.   32.0631.     ANNUAL NOTICE TO CERTAIN PROVIDERS REGARDING   POSTPARTUM MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY. The commission shall annually   provide written notice to each health care provider who regularly   provides health care services to Medicaid recipients who are   pregnant women or newborn children:                 (1)     informing or reminding the providers that a   postpartum woman is eligible for medical assistance for a 12-month   period beginning on the last day of the woman's pregnancy in   accordance with Section 32.024(l-1); and                   (2)     encouraging providers to educate Medicaid   recipients who are mothers or the prospective mothers of newborn   children about the 12-month eligibility period described by   Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,   or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during   gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:                (1)  provide the woman and the father of the infant, if   possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a   resource pamphlet that includes:                      (A)  a list of the names, addresses, and phone   numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum   counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum   depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and   parenting;                      (B)  information regarding the prevention of   shaken baby syndrome including:                            (i)  techniques for coping with anger caused   by a crying baby;                            (ii)  different methods for preventing a   person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;                            (iii)  the dangerous effects of shaking a   newborn, infant, or other young child; and                            (iv)  the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome   and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of   Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been   shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;                      (C)  a list of diseases for which a child is   required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule   for the administration of those immunizations;                      (D)  the appropriate schedule for follow-up   procedures for newborn screening;                      (E)  information regarding sudden infant death   syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping   conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome;                      (F)  educational information in both English and   Spanish on:                            (i)  pertussis disease and the availability   of a vaccine to protect against pertussis, including information on   the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that   parents receive Tdap during the postpartum period to protect   newborns from the transmission of pertussis; and                            (ii)  the incidence of cytomegalovirus,   birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus, and available   resources for the family of an infant born with congenital   cytomegalovirus; and                      (G)  the danger of heatstroke for a child left   unattended in a motor vehicle;                (2)  if the woman is a recipient of medical assistance   under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, provide the woman and the   father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a   resource guide that includes information in both English and   Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child   from birth until age five, including information relating to:                      (A)  selecting and interacting with a primary   health care practitioner and establishing a "medical home" for the   child;                      (B)  dental care;                      (C)  effective parenting;                      (D)  child safety;                      (E)  the importance of reading to a child;                      (F)  expected developmental milestones;                      (G)  health care resources available in the state;                      (H)  selecting appropriate child care; [ and ]                      (I)  other resources available in the state; and                       (J)     the woman's eligibility for medical   assistance for a 12-month period beginning on the last day of the   woman's pregnancy in accordance with Section 32.024(l-1), Human   Resources Code;                (3)  document in the woman's record that the woman   received the resource pamphlet described in Subdivision (1) and the   resource guide described in Subdivision (2), if applicable; and                (4)  retain the documentation for at least five years   in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,   or midwife's records.          SECTION 3.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2025, the   Department of State Health Services shall include the information   required by Section 161.501(a)(2)(J), Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, in the informational materials required by that   section.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 161.501(a)(2)(J), Health and   Safety Code, as added by this Act, a hospital, birthing center,   physician, nurse midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal care to   a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant is not   required to comply with that provision until January 1, 2026.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.