Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
Texas HB271: Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
Status: Introduced, August 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
From the introduced text, August 20, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The review committee is a multidisciplinary advisory committee within the department and is composed of the following[ADDED: 25] [[DELETED: 23]] members: (1)[ADDED: 23][[DELETED: 21]] members appointed by the commissioner as follows: (A) four physicians specializing in obstetrics, at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist; (B) one certified nurse-midwife; (C) one registered nurse; (D) one nurse specializing in labor and delivery; (E) one physician specializing in family practice; (F) one physician specializing in psychiatry; (G) one physician specializing in pathology; (H) one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or researcher of pregnancy-related deaths; (I) one social worker or social service provider; (J) two community members with experience in a relevant health care field, including a field involving the analysis of health care data, one of whom must represent an urban area of this state and one of whom must represent a rural area of this state; (K) one medical examiner or coroner responsible for recording deaths; (L) one physician specializing in critical care; (M) one physician specializing in emergency care; (N) one physician specializing in …
Sponsors
- Lauren Ashley Simmons (D, HD-146) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed
Subjects: MIDWIVES & MIDWIFERY, Women, STATE HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF, Health--General, PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH, TEXAS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY REVIEW COMMITTEE
Common questions
- What is HB271?
- HB271 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
- What does HB271 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
- What is the status of HB271?
- Introduced as of August 20, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB271?
- Lauren Ashley Simmons (D, HD-146).
- Where is the official record for HB271?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB00271
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