Common use of Perinatal Services for Traditional CHIP Members Clause in Contracts

Perinatal Services for Traditional CHIP Members. The MCO’s perinatal Health Care Services must ensure appropriate care is provided to women and infant Members of the MCO from the preconception period through the infant’s first year of life. The MCO’s perinatal health care system must comply with the requirements of the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 32 (the Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act), and administrative rules codified at 25 T.A.C. Chapter 37, Subchapter M. The MCO must have a perinatal health care system in place that, at a minimum, provides the following services: 1. pregnancy planning and perinatal health promotion and education for reproductive-age women;