AI-assisted research summary: The commission must give certain women information about the Healthy Texas Women program and nearby participating providers, and it must consult a review committee to improve how that information is provided.
Sec. 526.0052. INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN ENROLLEES IN HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas Women program" means a program the commission operates that is substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive health and family planning services for women in this state. (b) This section applies to a woman who is automatically enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program following a pregnancy for which the woman received Medicaid, but who is no longer eligible to participate in Medicaid. (c) After a woman to whom this section applies is enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program, the commission shall provide to the woman: (1) information about the Healthy Texas Women program, including the services provided under the program; and (2) a list of health care providers who participate in the Healthy Texas Women program and are located in the same geographical area in which the woman resides. (d) The commission shall consult with the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee established under Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, to improve the process for providing the information required by Subsection (c), including by determining: (1) the best time for providing the information; and (2) the manner of providing the information, including the information about health care providers described by Subsection (c)(2). Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.