Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 34 - Maternal Mortality And Morbidity Task Force

• Texas Section 34.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(17), eff. April 2, 2015. (2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th...
• Texas Section 34.002 - Maternal Mortality And Morbidity Task Force
  (a) The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force is administered by the department. (b) The task force is a multidisciplinary advisory committee within the department...
• Texas Section 34.003 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Task force members appointed by the commissioner serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of four or five members, as appropriate, expiring February 1...
• Texas Section 34.004 - Meetings
  (a) The task force shall meet at least quarterly. The task force may meet at other times at the call of the commissioner. (b) Meetings...
• Texas Section 34.005 - Duties Of Task Force
  The task force shall: (1) study and review: (A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths; and (B) trends in severe maternal morbidity; (2) determine the feasibility of...
• Texas Section 34.006 - Consultations And Agreements With Outside Parties
  (a) The department and task force may consult with any relevant experts and stakeholders, including: (1) anesthesiologists; (2) intensivists or critical care physicians; (3) nutritionists;...
• Texas Section 34.007 - Selection And Review Of Cases
  (a) The department shall determine a statistically significant number of cases of pregnancy-related deaths for review. The department shall randomly select cases for the task...
• Texas Section 34.008 - Obtaining De-identified Information For Review
  (a) On selecting a case of pregnancy-related death or severe maternal morbidity for review, the department shall, in accordance with this section, obtain information relevant...
• Texas Section 34.009 - Confidentiality; Privilege
  (a) Any information pertaining to a pregnancy-related death or severe maternal morbidity is confidential for purposes of this chapter. (b) Confidential information that is acquired...
• Texas Section 34.010 - Subpoena And Discovery
  Task force work product or information that is confidential under Section 34.009 is privileged, is not subject to subpoena or discovery, and may not be...
• Texas Section 34.011 - Immunity
  (a) A member of the task force or a person employed by or acting in an advisory capacity to the task force and who provides...
• Texas Section 34.012 - Database Of De-identified Information
  (a) The department may establish and maintain an electronic database to track cases of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity to assist the department and...
• Texas Section 34.013 - Inapplicability Of Chapter
  This chapter does not apply to disclosure of records pertaining to voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy, and those records may not be collected, maintained,...
• Texas Section 34.014 - Funding
  The department may accept gifts and grants from any source to fund the duties of the department and the task force under this chapter. Added...
• Texas Section 34.015 - Reports
  (a) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the task force and the department shall submit a joint report on the findings of...
• Texas Section 34.016 - Rules
  The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 527 (S.B. 495), Sec. 1, eff. September...
• Texas Section 34.017 - Department Access To Information
  (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 108 or any other law, the department may have access to the following information that may include the identity of a patient...
• Texas Section 34.018 - Sunset Provision
  The task force is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the task force...

Last modified: September 28, 2016