89R13701 EAS-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 2357       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a maternal health training program for certain health   care providers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 34A to read as follows:   CHAPTER 34A. MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE   PROVIDERS          Sec. 34A.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Health care provider" and "maternal morbidity"   have the meanings assigned by Section 34.001.                 (2)  "Review committee" means the Texas Maternal   Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee established under Chapter   34.                (3)  "TexasAIM" means the program established by the   department in collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on   Maternal Health and the Texas Hospital Association to assist health   care providers with implementing maternal safety projects and   decreasing incidents of preventable maternal death and severe   maternal morbidity by applying best practices for maternal safety   and improving maternal health care.                (4)  "Training program" means the maternal health   training program established under Section 34A.002.          Sec. 34A.002.  MATERNAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The   department shall develop and implement a training program for   health care providers providing health care services to maternal   patients in this state.           (b)  The training program must ensure health care providers   providing health care services to maternal patients are equipped to   deliver consistent, superior health care services.           (c)  The department shall collaborate with the review   committee to establish the training program curriculum. The   training program curriculum must include:                (1)  evidence-based protocols for obstetric   emergencies;                (2)  TexasAIM maternal safety best practices for   specific maternal and postpartum conditions;                (3)  maternal safety simulations; and                 (4)  other information the review committee recommends   regarding best practices for reducing maternal mortality and   morbidity rates.           (d)  The executive commissioner by rule shall require health   care providers providing health care services to maternal patients   to participate in the training program.           Sec. 34A.003.  RULES. The executive commissioner shall   adopt rules as necessary to establish and implement the training   program under this chapter, including rules regarding monitoring   health care provider compliance.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Chapter 34A,   Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.