Bill Text: TX HB1680 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home Visiting Program services and to the delivery of those services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB1680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1680-Engrossed.html
| By: Howard | H.B. No. 1680 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home | ||
| Visiting Program services and to the delivery of those services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting | ||
| program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a | ||
| home visiting program. For purposes of this subsection, "minor" | ||
| means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age. | ||
| (e) A health professional or other person providing | ||
| services under the home visiting program must obtain the express | ||
| consent of the owner or adult occupant of the residence or property | ||
| before the person may enter the residence or property to provide | ||
| services under the program. | ||
| (f) Subsection (d) does not authorize a health professional | ||
| or other person providing services under the home visiting program | ||
| to enter or remain in the residence or on the property of another in | ||
| violation of Section 30.05, Penal Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
