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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the information required for payment of services |
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provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.005, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 1033 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A network contractor or service provider who requests |
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payment for services provided through the program shall submit the |
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request on a form the commission prescribes. The form must include: |
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(1) an anonymized assigned number corresponding with |
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an unduplicated client; |
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(2) the client's anonymized signature verifying the |
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client was provided information and instruction on accessing the |
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program's pregnancy-related resources and information web page on |
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the commission's Internet website during each client interaction, |
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including an in-person visit, continuous online interaction, and |
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audio communication; |
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(3) the date, time, type, and location of each client |
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interaction; |
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(4) the name of any employee who provided a service |
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through the program; and |
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(5) an itemized list of each service, material item, |
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or referral provided to an unduplicated client during each client |
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interaction. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than November 1, 2025, the Health |
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and Human Services Commission shall develop and make publicly |
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available on the commission's Internet website the form required by |
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Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by this Act, a network contractor or service provider |
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is not required to submit a form required by that subsection until |
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December 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |