Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 32.046 — POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STRATEGIC PLAN
HS § 32.046Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 32. MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH IMPROVEMENT · Art. B. PERINATAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall develop and implement a five-year strategic plan to improve access to postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services. Not later than September 1 of the last fiscal year in each five-year period, the commission shall develop a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years beginning with the following fiscal year.
(b)The strategic plan must provide strategies to:
(1)increase awareness among state-administered program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and children;
(2)establish a referral network of community-based mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum depression;
(3)increase women's access to formal and informal peer support services, including access to certified peer specialists who have received additional training related to postpartum depression;
(4)raise public awareness of and reduce the stigma related to postpartum depression; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 636 (H.B. 3801), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.