Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 34.01581 — OPIOID USE DISORDER MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH INITIATIVES

HS § 34.01581Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 34. TEXAS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY REVIEW COMMITTEE

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(a)The department, in collaboration with the review committee, shall develop and implement initiatives to:

(1)improve screening procedures to better identify and care for women with opioid use disorder;

(2)improve continuity of care for women with opioid use disorder by ensuring that health care providers refer the women to appropriate treatment and verify the women receive the treatment;

(3)optimize health care provided to pregnant women with opioid use disorder;

(4)optimize health care provided to newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome by encouraging maternal engagement;

(5)increase access to medication-assisted treatment for women with opioid use disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period; and

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