Texas Health and Safety Code 32.046 – Postpartum Depression Strategic Plan
(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
(5) leverage sources of funding to support existing community-based postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 32.046
- Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The commission shall coordinate with the department, the statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating council in developing the strategic plan.
(d) The commission, in consultation with the department, the statewide health coordinating council, the office of mental health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating council, shall annually review and update, as necessary, the strategic plan.
(e) For purposes of this section, “postpartum depression” means a disorder in which a woman experiences moderate to severe depression following a pregnancy, regardless of whether the pregnancy resulted in birth, or an act defined by § 245.002(1).