H.B. No. 2466         AN ACT   relating to the content of an application for Medicaid and coverage   for certain services related to maternal depression under the   Medicaid and child health plan programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 62.1511 to read as follows:          Sec. 62.1511.  COVERAGE FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING.   (a) In this section, "maternal depression" means depression of any   severity with postpartum onset.          (b)  The covered services under the child health plan must   include a maternal depression screening for an enrollee's mother,   regardless of whether the mother is also an enrollee, that is   performed during a covered well-child or other office visit for the   enrollee that occurs before the enrollee's first birthday.          (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary   to implement this section. The rules must be based on:                (1)  clinical and empirical evidence concerning   maternal depression; and                (2)  information provided by relevant physicians and   behavioral health organizations.          (d)  The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal   funds that are available for the purposes of this section,   including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the   Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added   by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).          SECTION 2.  (a) Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  The application form adopted under this section must   include:                (1)  for an applicant who is pregnant, a question   regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational   pregnancy; and                (2)  a question regarding the applicant's preferences   for being contacted, as follows:                      "If you are determined eligible for benefits, your   managed care organization or health plan provider may contact you   by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care matters,   including reminders for appointments and information about   immunizations or well check visits. All preferred methods of   contact listed on this application will be shared with your managed   care organization or health plan provider. Please indicate below   your preferred methods of contact in order of preference, with the   number 1 being the most preferable method:                (1)  By telephone (if contacted by cellular telephone,   the call may be autodialed or prerecorded, and your carrier's usage   rates may apply)? Yes No                Telephone number: _____________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)                (2)  By text message (a free autodialed service, but   your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No                Cellular telephone number: ______________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)                (3)  By e-mail? Yes No                E-mail address: __________________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)".          (b)  Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall   adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits   that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human   Resources Code, as added by this section.                    SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 32.0561 to read as follows:          Sec. 32.0561.  MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING. (a) In this   section, "maternal depression" means depression of any severity   with postpartum onset.          (b)  The commission shall provide medical assistance   reimbursement for a maternal depression screening for a recipient's   mother, regardless of whether the mother is also a recipient, that   is performed during a covered examination for the recipient under   the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program that occurs   before the recipient's first birthday.          (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary   to implement this section. The rules must be based on:                (1)  clinical and empirical evidence concerning   maternal depression; and                (2)  information provided by relevant physicians and   behavioral health organizations.          (d)  The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal   funds that are available for the purposes of this section,   including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the   Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added   by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).          SECTION 4.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a   federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,   the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or   authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the   waiver or authorization is granted.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2466 was passed by the House on May 6,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 7, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2466 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2466 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor