Sec. 32.157. ASSESSING AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN MANAGED CARE. (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commission shall assess the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and benefits of automatically enrolling in managed care the women who become pregnant while receiving services through the Healthy Texas Women program. The assessment must examine whether automatically enrolling those women leads to the delivery of prenatal care and services earlier in the women's pregnancies.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2023.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 629 (H.B. 133), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 32 - Maternal and Infant Health Improvement
Section 32.152. Provision of Healthy Texas Women Program Services Through Managed Care
Section 32.153. Continuity of Care for Certain Women Enrolling in Healthy Texas Women Program
Section 32.154. Postpartum Depression Treatment Network
Section 32.155. Statewide Initiatives to Improve Quality of Maternal Health Care
Section 32.156. Information About Availability of Subsidized Health Insurance Coverage
Section 32.157. Assessing Automatic Enrollment of Certain Women in Managed Care