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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the certification, training, and supervision of |
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certified family partners and the provision of peer support |
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services by certified family partners to the family or primary |
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caregiver of certain children with serious emotional disturbance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.09992 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.09992. CERTIFIED FAMILY PARTNERS. The executive |
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commissioner by rule shall: |
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(1) establish training, certification, and |
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supervision requirements for a person to be certified as a family |
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partner and, as a certified family partner, to provide peer support |
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services to the family or primary caregiver of a child not younger |
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than three years of age and not older than 17 years of age, who has a |
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serious emotional disturbance; and |
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(2) define the scope of peer support services a |
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certified family partner may provide in a manner that distinguishes |
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other services the provision of which requires licensure under |
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another provision of law. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section |
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531.09992, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |