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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to referrals to and consent to services under certain |
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programs designed to serve pregnant women and families. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 265.101, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to |
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read as follows: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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(1-a) "Competitive grant program" means the |
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nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established |
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under this subchapter. |
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(1-b) "Health and human services agencies" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 265, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 265.1025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 265.1025. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND LOCAL |
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ORGANIZATIONS. The department shall coordinate with the commission |
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to promote the referral to a partnership program of pregnant women |
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receiving services through a public benefits program administered |
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by the commission or a health and human services agency. The |
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coordination may include encouraging and supporting agreements |
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between local organizations providing services to pregnant women. |
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SECTION 3. Section 265.154(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A report submitted under this section must include: |
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(1) a description of the parenting education programs |
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implemented and of the models associated with the programs; |
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(2) information on the families served by the |
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programs, including the number of families served and their |
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demographic information; |
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(3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the programs; |
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(4) information on the cost for each family served, |
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including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis; |
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[and] |
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(5) information explaining the percentage of money |
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spent on evidence-based programs and on promising practice |
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programs; and |
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(6) the sources from which pregnant women were |
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referred in the preceding two-year period to a nurse-family |
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partnership program under Subchapter C. |
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SECTION 4. Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting |
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program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a |
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home visiting program. For purposes of this subsection, "minor" |
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means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age. |
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SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |