Description

Perinatal Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting

March 20, 2025 - 9:00 am

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), John H. Winters Building, Public Hearing Room 125, First Floor, 701 West 51st Street, Austin, Texas, 78751

Webcasting Available

NOTE: Please select the “Winters Live” Option on the tabs listed.

AGENDA

1. Welcome, logistical announcements, and roll call.
2. Consideration of the December 12, 2024, draft meeting minutes
3. Consideration of Officer Election Procedure and chair and vice-chair elections
4. Neonatal and maternal designation programs updates – Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
   1. Designation Program
   2. DSHS Process Improvement Plan
   3. Center of Excellence for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
5. Maternal Child Health
   1. Data Modernization update
   2. TexasAIM update – Roll out of Sepsis
6. Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Fetus and Newborn update
7. Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) update
8. Discuss list of potential pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists required for a Level IV neonatal facility for designation.
9. PAC Subcommittee on Perinatal Data
10. Public comment
11. Review of action items and agenda items for next meeting
12. Adjourn

The council may take any action on any agenda item.

Public Comment: HHSC welcomes public comments pertaining to topics above. Members of the public who would like to provide public comment may use the following form. Please submit your request by no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Mnf5m7mCm0mxaqk-jr1Ta-ZstWebaYpDvoERL3CTyB9UMk9QUExTUTJYSlUyT1g1V1Q0NlZSVEI0Ry4u

Please visit the PAC Webpage for further information: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about/leadership/advisory-committees/perinatal-advisory-council