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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report on maternal mortality and the continuation of |
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the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 34.0155 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.0155. REPORT ON MATERNAL MORTALITY. The commission |
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shall: |
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(1) evaluate options for reducing maternal mortality, |
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focusing on the most prevalent causes of maternal death as |
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identified in the task force's biennial report required under |
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Section 34.015; and |
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(2) submit a written report that summarizes the |
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commission's efforts to accomplish the tasks described by |
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Subdivision (1) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the |
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speaker of the house of representatives, the Legislative Budget |
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Board, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature |
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not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 34.018, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.018. SUNSET PROVISION. The task force is subject to |
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Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued |
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in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force is |
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abolished and this chapter expires December 31, 2023 [September 1,
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2019]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |