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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services |
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and family planning services, including the repeal of prohibitions |
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on the provision of those services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.0025, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0025. [RESTRICTIONS ON] AWARDS TO FAMILY PLANNING |
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SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, money |
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appropriated to the commission [Department of State Health |
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Services] for the purpose of providing family planning services |
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must be awarded[: |
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[(1)] to eligible public and nonpublic entities that |
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provide family planning services in the following order of |
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descending priority: |
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(1) entities with a demonstrated, evidence-based, |
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historical capability of achieving the patient and service |
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utilization goals the commission establishes for family planning |
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services; and |
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(2) entities with an increased probability of |
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achieving the goals described by Subdivision (1) |
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[(A) public entities that provide family |
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planning services, including state, county, and local community |
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health clinics and federally qualified health centers; |
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[(B) nonpublic entities that provide |
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comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to |
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family planning services; and |
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[(C) nonpublic entities that provide family |
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planning services but do not provide comprehensive primary and |
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preventive care services; or |
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[(2) as otherwise directed by the legislature in the |
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General Appropriations Act]. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission |
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[Department of State Health Services] shall, in compliance with |
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federal law, ensure distribution of funds for family planning |
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services in a manner that provides equitable [does not severely |
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limit or eliminate] access to [those] services in all regions [any |
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region] of the state. |
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SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed: |
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(1) Chapter 2273, Government Code; and |
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(2) Section 32.024(c-1), Human Resources Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |