two doulas join the maternal mortality review committee

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89R3673 JDK-D

By: Simmons
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;

(R) one doula; and

(S) one doula specializing 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.