S.B. No. 1599
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to maternal mortality reporting and investigation
  information.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter J to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER J.  MATERNAL MORTALITY REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION
  INFORMATION
         Sec. 1001.241.  MATERNAL MORTALITY REPORTING AND
  INVESTIGATION INFORMATION. (a)  The department shall post on the
  department's Internet website information regarding the systematic
  protocol for pregnancy-related death investigations and the best
  practices for reporting pregnancy-related deaths to the medical
  examiner or justice of the peace of each county, as applicable.
         (b)  The information provided under Subsection (a) must
  include guidelines for:
               (1)  determining when a comprehensive toxicology
  screening should be performed on a person whose death was related to
  pregnancy;
               (2)  determining when a death should be reported to or
  investigated by a medical examiner or justice of the peace under
  Chapter 49, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
               (3)  correctly completing the death certificate of a
  person whose death was related to pregnancy.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as
  necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the Senate on
  May 4, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the House on
  May 23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor